Adkins v. Kaspar.

• Position: RELIGION - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE

RESTRICTIONS

SERVICES

RLUIPA -- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

Adkins v. Kaspar, 393 F.3d 559 (5th Cir. 2004). A Texas state prisoner who was a member of the Yahweh Evangelical Assembly (YEA) filed a pro se action against the chaplaincy department of a state corrections agency. The prisoner alleged violation of his federal constitutional rights and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) in connection with his not being permitted to observe particular days of rest and worship. The district court dismissed the case and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the agency's religious accommodation policy was rationally related to legitimate government objectives and that the inability of YEA inmates to assemble on...