FRESNO, Calif. - A prisoner claiming confiscation of tobacco and other items by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials infringed his religious rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) was denied injunctive relief by a federal magistrate judge in California, who said in a March 25 report and recommendation that because the prisoner had been moved, his claims were moot (Tracy Taylor v. Susan Hubbard...(read more)
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