free exercise

Second Circuit

Ford v. McGinnis, 352 F.3d 582, 597-98 (2d Cir. 2003) (stating that it was “clearly established that a prisoner has a right to a diet consistent with his or her religious scruples”).

Eighth Circuit

Daywitt v. Moser, 17-CV-1720 (WMW/LIB), 2019 WL 5104804, at *14 (D. Minn. June 5, 2019), report and recommendation adopted as modified, 17-CV-1720 (WMW/LIB), 2019 WL 4387359 (D. Minn. Sept. 13, 2019) (stating that the “right to exercise one’s religion free of substantial burdens thereon in the absence of a compelling state interest has long been clearly established”).

Hayes v. Long, 72 F.3d 70, 74 (8th Cir. 1995) (stating that “the right of Muslim inmates to refrain from handling pork has been clearly established”).

Thomas v. Gunter, 32 F.3d 1258, 1261 (8th Cir. 1994) (“It has been “clearly established,” since Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319, 92 S.Ct. 1079, 31 L.Ed.2d 263 (1972) (per curiam), that prison officials may not deny an inmate ‘a reasonable opportunity of pursuing his faith comparable to the opportunity afforded fellow prisoners who adhere to conventional religious precepts.’”).