MAYFIELD v. TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

No. 06-50490.

529 F.3d 599 (2008)

Darren L. MAYFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; Gary L. Johnson, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, sued in individual and official capacity; Bill Pierce, Director of Chaplaincy, sued in individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aditi Dravid (argued), ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX, for Mayfield.

Marjolyn Carol Gardner, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Darren L. Mayfield ("Mayfield"), Texas prisoner # 571949, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on his claims alleging First Amendment violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc-2000cc-5. For the following reasons we affirm in part, vacate in part, and reverse in part the...

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