Barnes v. Fedele

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _______________________________________________ ARRELLO BARNES, DECISION AND ORDER Plaintiff, 07-CV-6197L v. FEDELE, et al., Defendants. ________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Pro se plaintiff Arrello Barnes (“Barnes”) filed this lawsuit in 2007, while he was confined at Southport Correctional Facility (“Southport”), alleging claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, based on the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et…