Legal Opinion
LaPlante v. Massachusetts Department of Correction
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 6, 2015No. Civil Action No. 13-10606-WGYPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILLIAM G. YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Daniel LaPlante (“LaPlante”), a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution — Norfolk (“MCI-Norfolk”), brings this action against the Massachusetts Department of Correction (the “DOC”) and its superintendent (collectively, the “Defendants”) under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUI-PA”) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from what he claims are unlawful burdens on the practice of his Wicca faith. The case is now before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment.
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