United States Fourth Circuit

In an action under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) for refusal to accommodate Plaintiff prisoner's kosher food needs, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where RLUIPA does not authorize a claim for money damages against an official sued in their individual capacity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2009
• Published 06/25/2009

Judges

• Before MICHAEL, KING, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Timothy McGinn, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Phillip M. Pickus, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  James E. Coleman, Jr., Sean E. Andrussier, James Healy, Matthew Levy, Susan Pourciau, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.