073528P.pdf   01/08/2009  Lawrence Gladson  v.  Iowa Dept. of Corrections
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-3528
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED][Smith, Author, with Wollman and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Prisoner case - prisoner civil rights. Inmates practicing the Wiccan
   religion failed to show that the prison's decision to grant them three hours
   to celebrate the Wiccan festival of Samhain (instead of the eight hours
   they sought) significantly inhibited or constrained their conduct,
   meaningfully curtailed their ability to express adherence to their faith or
   denied them reasonable opportunity to engage in activities fundamental to
   their religion; as a result, they failed to create a genuine issue of material
   fact as to whether the three-hour limitation substantially burdened their
   ability to practice Wicca, and the district court did not err in granting
   summary judgment to defendants on the inmates' claim under the 
   Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act; claims of an
   inmate no longer held at the facility were moot.