2113, 161 L.Ed.2d 1020 (2005), which considered various constitutional challenges to RLUIPA.Īfter Cutter was decided, the magistrate judge ordered the parties to submit additional briefing as to the merits of plaintiff's RLUIPA claim.

Plaintiff's claims under RLUIPA were stayed pending the Supreme Court's resolution of Cutter v. The magistrate judge issued a report recommending dismissal of plaintiffs First and Fourteenth Amendment claims. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff alleged that the prison's actions violated his rights secured by First and Fourteenth Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ('RLUIPA'), 42 U.S.C. In 2003, a new warden took over the prison and informed plaintiff that preaching was not allowed. The plaintiff claimed that he engaged in preaching and religious activities from 1995 to 2003 without incident. District Court for Rhode Island, challenging the prison's prohibition against him preaching at or leading religious services for other incarcerated people. On March 31, 2004, an individual incarcerated at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, Adult Correctional Institutions ('ACI'), on a murder sentence filed a pro se lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

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