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GERALD WILLIAM CARDINAL,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LINDA METRISH,
Defendant-Appellee.


No. 08-1562

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Marquette.
No. 06-00232—Gordon J. Quist, District Judge.
Submitted: December 2, 2008
Decided and Filed: April 24, 2009
Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; CLAY, Circuit Judge; BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

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OPINION
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BERTELSMAN, District Judge. Plaintiff Gerald William Cardinal appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant Linda Metrish, the warden where he was incarcerated. The district court dismissed plaintiff’s claims alleging an Eighth Amendment violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1 et seq. We AFFIRM.