LANDOR v. LOUISIANA DEP'T OF CORR. & PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 22-30686.

82 F.4th 337 (2023)

Damon LANDOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY; James M. Leblanc, in his official capacity as Secretary thereof, and individually; Raymond Laborde Correctional Center; Marcus Myers, in his official capacity as Warden thereof, and individually; John Does 1-10; ABC Entities 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary Tripp , Joshua Halpern , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Shai Berman , Sara Weiss , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., New York, NY, Casey Rose Denson , Casey Denson Law, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Phyllis Esther Glazer , LaKeisha Ford , Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, James M. LeBlanc, in his official capacity as Secretary thereof, and individually, Marcus Myers, in his official capacity as Warden thereof, and individually.

Gordon D. Todd , Attorney, Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

Joshua C. McDaniel , Harvard Law School, Religious Freedom Clinic, for Amicus Curiae Professor Douglas Laycock.

Noel John Francisco , Jacob Moshe Roth , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Eric C. Rassbach , Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Professor Byron Johnson.

Adeel A. Mangi , Jacob Isaac Chefitz , Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae 35 Religious Organizations.

Clifford Warren Berlow , Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Agudath Israel of America.

Francesca Genova Matozzo , Religious Liberty Clinic, Notre Dame, IN, for Amici Curiae Bruderhof, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility, Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Sikh Coalition.

Before Clement, Graves, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


The question presented is whether the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA") provides for money damages against officials sued in their individual capacities. Because we've already answered that question in the negative, we AFFIRM.

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Damon Landor is a devout Rastafarian...

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