Legal Opinion
Greene v. Solano County Jail
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2008No. 06-16957PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Darin D. Greene (“Greene”), a former maximum security prisoner at the Clay-bank facility of the Solano County jail (“the Claybank jail”), appeals the district court’s summary judgment as to all claims in favor of the defendant, Solano County Sheriffs Lieutenant Peggy Rourk (“Rourk”).
In his civil rights action against Rourk, Greene alleged that the Claybank jail’s policy of prohibiting maximum security prisoners from participating in group worship was a violation of his rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Lee A. Rand v. James Rowland Nadim Khoury, M.D., William Bunnell Roy Lee Johnson Leo R. EstesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Cutter v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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