Williams v. Bitner

MEMORANDUM

CONNER, District Judge.

Presently before the court is a motion for summary judgment by defendants, employees and officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. They argue that plaintiff Henry Williams (‘Williams”), an inmate at a Pennsylvania corrections institution, has offered insufficient evidence to sustain his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of his rights to free exercise of religion, protected by both the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000ce to 2000ec-5, and the First Amendment, and to due process of law,…