MAYWEATHERS v. NEWLAND

Nos. 01-16505, 01-16607, 01-17133.

314 F.3d 1062 (2002)

Karluk M. MAYWEATHERS; Dietrich J. Pennington; Jesus Jihad; Terrance Mathews; Aswad Jackson; Ansar Kees, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervenor, v. Anthony C. NEWLAND, individually and in his official capacity; Barry Smith, individually and in his official capacity; Cal A. Terhune; N. Bennett; M.E. Valdez, Defendants-Appellants. Karluk M. Mayweathers; Dietrich J. Pennington; Jesus Jihad; Terrance Mathews; Aswad Jackson; Ansar Kees, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Anthony C. Newland individually and in his official capacity; Barry Smith, individually and in his official capacity; Cal A. Terhune; N. Bennett; M.E. Valdez, Defendants-Appellants. Karluk M. Mayweathers; Dietrich J. Pennington; Jesus Jihad; Terrance Mathews; Aswad Jackson; Ansar Kees, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Cal A. Terhune; A.C. Newland; Barry Smith; Bonnie Garibay; N. Fry; M.E. Valdez; N. Bennett; F.X. Chavez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Robert R. Anderson, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Paul Gifford, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Tami M. Warwick, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Susan D. Christian, Law Office of Stewart Katz, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Office of the Attorney General of the United States, Washington, DC, for the intervenor.

John K. Vincent, Office of the Attorney General of the United States, Washington, DC, for the intervenor.

Mark B. Stern, Office of the Attorney General of the United States, Washington, DC, for the intervenor.

Michael S. Raab, Office of the Attorney General of the United States, Washington, DC, for the intervenor.

Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge; D.W. NELSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

California State prison officials ("California") bring a facial challenge to the constitutionality of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. (2000) ("RLUIPA"), on various grounds. Their appeal arises from a series of preliminary injunctions, issued pursuant to RLUIPA, which allow Muslim prisoners to attend Friday afternoon religious services.

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