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Seventh Circuit· 7/1/2009

Nelson v. Miller

Citations

  • 570 F.3d 868
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 14240
  • 2009 WL 1873500

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the response to plaintiff’s grievance showed that officials understood what the grievance entailed and thus they were put on notice of his claims
  • affirming the District Court’s dismissal as moot of an RLUIPA claim because there was no evidence that the prison intended to revoke the plaintiff’s religious diet
  • affirming the District Court’s dismissal as moot of an RLUIPA claim because there was no evidence that the prison intended to revoke the plaintiffs religious diet
  • failing to provide a non-meat diet during Lent and on Fridays substantially burdened the religious practice of a Roman Catholic prisoner
  • declining to read Congress’s permission to seek “appropriate relief against a government” in § 2000cc-2(a) as permitting damages claims under RLUIPA against prison officials in their individual capacities
  • discussing the cessation of conduct vis-à-vis mootness of a claim for injunctive relief

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Judges: Flaum, Williams, Tinder

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