CON: United States of America, Amicus Curiae
Donald B. Verrilli, U.S. Solicitor General
The United States has filed an amicus brief in this case because it involves questions of Federal law. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., was nominated to be solicitor general by President Barack Obama on January 26, 2011, and was sworn in on June 9, 2011. Prior to that, he was deputy counsel to the President. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 29, 2014. When a prison imposes a substantial burden on an inmate’s religious exercise, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) requires the prison…
