Ball v. Cohen

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• noting that the same substantial burden standard applies to the Free Exercise Clause and RLUIPA
• holding male prisoner was entitled to injunctive relief on RLUIPA claim premised on transgender male officer observing strip search of the prisoner
• stating “[c]ourts have long recognized that sex is a trait relevant to inmate privacy” and citing cases explaining it is a greater invasion of privacy to have one’s naked body viewed by a member of the opposite sex in case addressing cross-sex strip searches in prison
• \A plaintiff raising a RLUIPA claim bears the initial burden to make a prima facie case that a prison practice substantially burdens his sincere religious exercise.\
• \A plaintiff raising a RLUIPA claim bears the initial burden to make a prima facie case that a prison practice substantially burdens his sincere religious exercise.\

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