In Luke v. Willliams, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123752 (D OR, Nov. 18, 2010), an Oregon federal district court dismissed an Intensive Management Unit prisoner's claims that correctional facility employees infringed his free exercise, RLUIPA and equal protection rights by interfering with his ability to practice Wicca. He alleged they denied him the ability to bring religious items into the prison yard, did not have a full time Wicca volunteer and denied him books from the general population Chapel Library and items from the Internet.
In Zajrael v. Harmon, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123829 (D AR, Nov. 22, 2010), an Arkansas federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendations (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123780, Nov. 10, 2010) and dismissed claims that an inmate's free exercise rights and his rights under RLUIPA were infringed when authorities confiscated from his cell religious books and study materials in excess of the number of books permitted for prisoners in administrative segregation.
In Stilton v. Albino, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124717 (D NJ, Nov. 23, 2010), a New Jersey federal court rejected an inmate's free exercise claim that for 12 days he was denied access to his personal property, including his Bible.
