UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 JAMES DAVID WILLIAMS, Case No. 4:19-cv-05685 YGR (PR)
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
v. JUDGMENT
CHARLES RICHEY, et al., Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff James David Williams, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), filed this pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. 1. On April 28, 2020, the Court determined that Plaintiff stated cognizable claims under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1, against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) Religious Programs Oversight Unit Manager Charles Richey, CTF Warden C. Koenig, and CTF Protestant Chaplain B. D. Min (“Defendants”). Dkt. 7 at 4. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants limited his ability to purchase religious oils or …