Clarence Jones v. Max Williams

OPINION

DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Clarence Jones, a former inmate of the Oregon State Penitentiary (“the Penitentiary”), appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, fifteen employees of the Oregon Department of Corrections (“the Department”), 1 on several civil rights claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc-2000cc-5. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand to the district court for further proceedings.

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Jones is a Muslim and a member of the Nation of Islam, a…