In Janny v. Gamez, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34932 (D CO, March 5, 2019), a Colorado federal district court adopted in part a magistrate's recommendation (2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 222320, Sept. 20, 2018) and allowed a parolee who is an atheist to move ahead with objections to the requirement that he stay at a Rescue Mission and take part in its religious activities.
In Kruger v. Lashbrook, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36031 (SD IL, March 5, 2019), an Illinois federal district court dismissed an inmate's free exercise claim growing out of the refusal to allow him to receive religious greeting cards that he had ordered. Other religious claims were severed into a new case.
In Knight v. Shults, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35791 (SD MS, March 6, 2019), a Mississippi federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendation (2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36936, Feb. 11, 2019) and refused to dismiss an inmate's claim under RFRA that he was not provided a requested Nation of Islam Ceremonial Meal.
In Fisherman v. Schaefer, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36821 (D MN, March 7, 2019), a Minnesota federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendation (2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37752, Jan. 16, 2019) and dismissed an inmate's complaint that he was denied a vegan diet.
In Larry v. Goldsmith, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38128 (ED WI, March 11, 2019), a Wisconsin federal district court dismissed a Muslim inmate's complaint about the one-time enforcement of a rule prohibiting praying on the floor between bunks when the dayroom is closed.
In Wilcox v. Erie County Prison, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38282 (WD PA, March 11, 2019), a Pennsylvania federal district court dismissed an inmate's complaint that his kosher diet was rescinded as punishment for his eating kosher foods from another inmate's tray.
