In Smith v. Beauclair, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118662 (D ID, Nov.4, 2010), an Idaho federal district court concluded that attorneys for an inmate who sued prison officials to accommodate his Cherokee religious beliefs are entitled to an award of attorneys' fees on in connection with two of plaintiff's claims on which he was deemed to be the prevailing party (wearing of beard and access to medicinal herbs). The court awarded $41,965.
In Collman v. Skolnik, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118718 (D NV, Oct. 8, 2010), a Nevada federal district court allowed an inmate to proceed with his lawsuit seeking to have the Philadelphia Church of God listed as a recognized faith group by prison authorities.
In Rose v. California, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119397 (ED CA, Oct. 26, 2010), a California federal magistrate judge held that a parole hearing panel did not violate an inmate's rights under the First Amendment or RLUIPA by considering, during the parole hearing, two disciplinary reports stemming from religiously-based violations of prison rules (hair length and tobacco possession that were part of his Native American religious practices).
In Antonetti v. Skolnik, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120063 (D NV, Oct. 25, 2010), a Nevada federal district court permitted an inmate to move ahead with his claim that "he is a devout, practicing fundamentalist Christian and has been denied access to a priest, a place of worship, communion, confessional, and congregation with those of his faith [and]... has thereby been denied forgiveness, connection to his god and chances at atonement." He also seeks a kosher diet "that is in accordance with his beliefs."
