U.S. District Court
ELEVENTH AMENDMENT
Gerhardt v. Lazaroff, 221 F.Supp.2d 827 (S.D.Ohio 2002). State prisoners sued prison officials in three separate actions, alleging that each prisoner was denied the right to practice his religion due to unwarranted concerns about security, in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the actions, finding that it was a proper exercise of Congressional power...
