Legal Opinion
Salahuddin v. Goord
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 27, 2006No. Docket No. 04-3470-PRPublishedCited by 1,394 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, a prisoner brings two sets of claims relevant on appeal: (1) claims for violation of his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion and his free-exercise right under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc; and (2) a claim for violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. The prisoner alleges that prison officials forced Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims to conduct Ramadan services jointly, denied him Islamic holiday meals and the…
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