Joe Lowell McElyea Jr. v. Governor Bruce Babbitt

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• holding that a verified complaint based on personal knowledge setting forth specific, 22 admissible facts may be considered in opposition to summary judgment
• holding that “inmates . . . have the right to be provided with food sufficient to sustain them in good health that satisfies the dietary laws of their religion.”
• holding that 20 “[i]nmates . . . have the right to be provided with food sufficient to sustain them in good health 21 that satisfies the dietary laws of their religion”
• holding that 20 “inmates . . . have the right to be provided with food sufficient to sustain them in good health that 21 satisfies the dietary laws of their religion” and mandating that reasonable alternatives must be 22 considered by the prison
• explaining that prisoners’ right to free exercise “is necessarily limited by the fact of incarceration, and may be curtailed in order to achieve legitimate correctional goals or to maintain prison security”
• requiring prison officials to use “a reasonable method of determining religious commitment” to avoid “prevent[ing] a legitimate adherent from following the dictates of his faith”

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