Summary Judgment Denied On Inmate’s Native American Church Claims

Mealey's (April 18, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — An inmate’s claims that prison officials are violating his rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the free exercise clause of the U.S. Constitution by denying his requests for devotional services for the Native American Church withstood a dismissal bid on April 15 as a Wisconsin federal judge denied in part and granted in part the prison officials’ motion for summary judgment (Johnson W. Greybuffalo v. Edward Wall, et al., No. 3:15-cv-8, W.D. Wis.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50751)....