CARDINAL v. METRISH

No. 08-1562.

564 F.3d 794 (2009)

Gerald William CARDINAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linda METRISH, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Gerald William Cardinal, Detroit, MI, pro se.

BERTELSMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, C.J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 803-04), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

BERTELSMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff Gerald William Cardinal appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant Linda Metrish, the warden where he was incarcerated. The district court dismissed plaintiff's claims alleging an Eighth Amendment violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U...

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