Darrell Theodore Kind v. Sheriff Frank Sgt. Heinen Dan Luke Sgt. Alhgren Sgt. Wanike

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Darrell Theodore Kind was incarcerated in the Washington County Jail in Minnesota for two and a half months in 1998. Kind brought a § 1983 action against employees at the jail because he claims they violated his First Amendment free-exercise-of-religion right by refusing to place him on a vegetarian diet to accommodate his Muslim faith. He also alleges that the jail retaliated against him for exercising his constitutional rights and denied him access to the courts. Upon the magistrate’s recommendation, the district court granted summary judgment to the jail officials on…