In Bloch v. Samuels, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53732 (SD TX, Aug. 3, 2006), a Texas federal district court rejected the claims of a former inmate at a federal halfway house who was denied permission to leave the premises to attend daily Roman Catholic Mass.
In Balawajder v. Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, (TX Ct. App., July 31, 2006), a Texas state appeals court reversed a trial court and decided that issues of fact remain in claims by a Hare Krishna inmate brought under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The court held that issues remain as to whether the Department has a compelling interest in prohibiting additional storage space for religious materials, even though it allows it for legal and educational materials, and whether the it has a compelling interest to prevent the administrative burden of reviewing prisoners' eligibility for additional storage space for religious materials.
In Henderson v. Berge, (7th Cir., Aug. 3, 2006), the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Taoist prisoner's Establishment Clause claim based on a Wisconsin prison's providing a satellite television channel broadcasting Christian programming, but not ones providing programming for other religions.
