Herman Resnick v. Michael Adams, Warden Mike Szafir, Administrator, Food Order and Services

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• concluding that the requirement that an inmate submit an 7 application before being provided with a kosher diet is reasonably related to 8 legitimate penological interests and thus does not abridge an inmate’s First 9 Amendment rights
• holding that a prison did not violate the Free Exercise Clause by requiring a prisoner, who asked for a kosher diet, to fill out the standard form that the prison used to evaluate such requests before the prison would consider any such request
• requiring approval of an application to provide a religious diet does not unduly burden a prisoner’s right to practice his religion
• finding no constitutional free exercise violation where prison officials did not provide inmate kosher meals because inmate did not complete required form
• “The legitimate governmental interest at stake here is the orderly administration of a program that allows federal prisons to accommodate the religious dietary needs of thousands of prisoners.”
• requirement that inmate sign application to receive kosher meals did not violate RLUIPA

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