In Clifton v. Lappin, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111569 (WD LA, Oct. 18, 2010), adopting magistrate's recommendations (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111473, Oct. 4, 2010), and Plummer v. Lappin, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111502, Oct. 18, 2010), adopting magistrate's recommendations (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111477, Sept. 20, 2010), a Louisiana federal district court rejected complaints that inmates are prohibited from attending religious services when the entire prison is on lock down.
In Townsend v. Byers, 2010 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2285 (CT Super., Sept. 21, 2010), a Connecticut state trial court held that an inmate's free exercise rights were not violated when a correctional officer responded to his threat to file a grievance by telling him "to write to Allah."
In Means v. Nevada Department of Corrections, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112507 (D NV, Oct. 7, 2010), a Nevada federal district court permitted a prisoner to move ahead with due process and free exercise challenges to delays by prison officials in recognizing Vedantu/Kashmir Shavism as a religion and in approving various items, including prayer beads, to allow him his religious observances.
