Mayweathers v. Terhune

ORDER

KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and for a permanent injunction. I decide the motion on the basis of the papers and pleadings filed herein and after oral argument.

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BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are a class of Muslim state prisoners housed at California State Prison-Solano seeking relief under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc et seq., and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged violations of their First Amendment right to the free exercise of their religion, as well as…