Horn

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Plaintiff is an inmate of the California State Prison at Folsom, California. He brought an action seeking declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages under the Federal Civil Rights Act ( 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ) alleging deprivation of his religious freedom under the United States Constitution.

Plaintiff is a follower of “the ancient and eternal Religion of Islam, as taught to the so-called American Negro by the Honorable Elijah Muhammed, Spiritual Leader and Teacher of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam in North America.” He claims that prisoners of his faith are denied the right to study and practice their religion to the same extent as prisoners of other religions.

He specifically requests the right to receive literature of his faith, the right to correspond with ministers of his re ligion, and the right to use prison facilities for holding religious meetings and classes to the same extent allowed other religions.

After plaintiff filed his suit, the California Director of Corrections changed the prison regulations on Black Muslims’ religious rights. Plaintiff is now satisfied with the regulations but still seeks a declaration of his religious rights and an…