Malcolm Wright, Jr. v. Boyd Bennett, No. 10-7225 (4th Cir. 2011)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 10-7225 MALCOLM WRIGHT, JR., a/k/a Malcolm Y. Azariah, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BOYD BENNETT, Director of Prisons; BETTY BROWN, Head Chaplain Services; BETTY POPE, Head Dietician Other Paula Pope; MR. BRANKER, Warden; JACKIE PARKER, Chief of Food and Nutrition Services, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:08-ct-03129-BO) Submitted: December 2, 2010 Decided: March 9, 2011 Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Malcolm Wright, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Oliver Gray Wheeler, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Malcolm Wright, Jr., appeals a district court order granting summary judgment to the Appellees and dismissing his complaint brought under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Pub. L. No. 106-274, 114 Stat. 804, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a) (2006) ( RLUIPA ). the order denying his motion for He also appeals reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and the district court s orders and affirm for the reasons cited by the district court. See Wright v. Bennett, No. 5:08-ct-03129-BO (E.D.N.C. Aug. 5, 2010; Aug. 25, 2010). legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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