Lance Wood v. Keith Yordy

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• holding that a plaintiff may not seek damages under RLUIPA against prison officials in their individual capacities
• holding that a plaintiff may not seek damages 19 under RLUIPA against prison officials in their individual capacities
• finding that “there is nothing in the language or structure of RLUIPA to suggest that Congress contemplated liability of government employees in an individual capacity”
• holding 3 that RLUIPA claims may not be brought against state prison officials in their individual capacity
• affirming grant of summary 18 judgment where no evidence that defendants knew about plaintiff’s prior lawsuits, or that 19 defendants’ disparaging remarks were made in reference to prior lawsuit
• a 21 RLUIPA claim for damages against prison officials in their individual capacities “may not 22 be maintained”

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