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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7444 MARCUS ALSTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. THOMAS ELDRIDGE, Clinical Chaplain; BETTY BROWN, Director of Chaplain Services; SUSAN ADDAMS, Regional Chaplain; CHARLES T. JOHNSON, Assistant Superintendent, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:17-ct-03021-FL) Submitted: February 18, 2020 Decided: Marc
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7444 MARCUS ALSTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. THOMAS ELDRIDGE, Clinical Chaplain; BETTY BROWN, Director of Chaplain Services; SUSAN ADDAMS, Regional Chaplain; CHARLES T. JOHNSON, Assistant Superintendent, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:17-ct-03021-FL) Submitted: February 18, 2020 Decided: March..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-7444
MARCUS ALSTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
THOMAS ELDRIDGE, Clinical Chaplain; BETTY BROWN, Director of Chaplain
Services; SUSAN ADDAMS, Regional Chaplain; CHARLES T. JOHNSON,
Assistant Superintendent,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:17-ct-03021-FL)
Submitted: February 18, 2020 Decided: March 3, 2020
Before THACKER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Marcus Alston, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Marcus Alston appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment
to Defendants in his civil action filed pursuant to the Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc to 2000cc-5 (2018) (RLUIPA),
and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2018), confining his appeal to the district court’s disposition of his
claims under the RLUIPA and the First Amendment. We have reviewed the record and
find no reversible error in the district court’s determination that these claims failed for lack
of evidence of a substantial burden on Alston’s exercise of religion. Accordingly, we
affirm the district court’s order. Alston v. Eldridge, No. 5:17-ct-03021-FL (E.D.N.C.
Sept. 24, 2019). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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