United States Ninth Circuit

In an action alleging a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) because correctional officers required plaintiff, against her Muslim religious beliefs and practice, to remove her hijab, or headscarf, in public, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where a courthouse holding cell was not an "institution" as defined by RLUIPA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2009
• Decided 05/03/2010
• Published 05/03/2010

Judges

• Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, STEPHEN S. TROTT and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Becki F. Kieffer and Jennifer Mathis, Troutman Sanders, LLP, Irvine, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David D. Lawrence and Christina M. Sprenger, Lawrence Beach Allen & Choi, PC, Santa Ana, CA, for the defendants-appellees.