Frank Africa v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leroy S. Zimmerman (Attorney General) Bureau of Corrections Ronald Marks (Commissioner of b.o.c.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Frank Africa, who claims to be a “Naturalist Minister” for the MOVE organization and who is a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from a district court judgment holding that the state government is not required, under the religion clauses of the first amendment, to provide him with a special diet consisting entirely of raw foods. He maintains that to eat anything other than raw foods would be a violation of his “religion.” After a careful consideration of the record in this case, we affirm.

I

On July 15, 1981, Frank Africa was convicted…