Legal Opinion
Lance Wood v. Keith Yordy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2014No. 12-35336PublishedCited by 374 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHROEDER, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Lance Wood is an Idaho state prisoner with an apparent penchant for romantic (but, as all parties stress, not sexual) relationships with prison guards. When prison authorities found that he was utilizing chapel facilities for such purposes, they curtailed his opportunities for chapel access. He filed this action against individual prison officials under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), claiming they had imposed an unwarranted burden on his exercise of religion. The issue of first impression in this circuit is…
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