Rouser

ORDER

Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding with counsel bringing claims arising out of the alleged failure of prison officials to accommodate the practice of his religion. At issue here is plaintiffs most recent motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining various officials. The motion seeks an order allowing plaintiff to obtain and maintain certain articles, which he characterizes as religious, and to satisfy certain requirements with respect to his religious services. For the reasons stated below, plaintiffs motion is granted as to most of the relief he seeks.

I. BACKGROUND

On May 7, 1993, plaintiff filed his original complaint seeking damages and injunctive relief from, inter alia, defendant Theo White (“White”), warden of California State Prison- — Sacramento (“CSP-Sae”), and defendant James H. Gomez (“Gomez”), former director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), under several theories of liability alleging their infringement of his religious practice. On December 5, 1997, the court dismissed the case pursuant to the parties’ private settlement. On March 23, 2004, the court reopened the case pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act,…