DEMOSS v. CRAIN

No. 09-50078.

JAMES DEMOSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHRISTINA MELTON CRAIN, Chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice; NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIV ISION; ED OWENS, Deputy Director of Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division; TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ROBERT EASON, Senior Warden Robertson Unit; RONALD WILLIAMS, Captain of Corrections Officers; D SWEETIN, Senior Warden Eastham Unit; FRANKLIN REESCANO, Assistant Warden Eastham Unit; VANCE DRUM, Chaplin Eastham Unit; HAYWOOD TALIB, Chaplin Robertson Unit; BILLY PIERCE, Director of Chaplaincy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: March 2, 2011.


PER CURIAM.*

Plaintiff—Appellant James DeMoss challenges several Texas Department of Criminal Justice policies under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Following a bench trial, the district court entered judgment for the Defendants—Appellees. We AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

James DeMoss is an inmate in the...

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