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Parties Involved:
Susan Addams
Appellee
Marcus Alston
Appellant
Betty Brown
Appellee
Thomas Eldridge
Appellee
Charles T. Johnson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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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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