CARTER v. FLEMING

No. 17-6461.

879 F.3d 132 (2018)

Aaron CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.J. FLEMING; M. Broyles, Food Service Manager; S. Stallal, Food Service Supervisor; Ms. Gregg, State Dietician for the VDOC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Michael Shapiro , NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Matthew Robert McGuire , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General, Trevor S. Cox , Deputy Solicitor General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the opinion in which Judge Floyd and Judge Childs joined.


Aaron Carter brought a pro se § 1983 action primarily alleging violations of his rights under the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), see 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc, et seq., as the result of his former prison's failure to accommodate...

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