Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶71

Other than the narrower coverage, RLUIPA practically mirrors RFRA, its “sister statute.” Ramirez v. Collier, 595 U. S. 411, 424 (2022). Like RFRA, RLUIPA aims to “secure redress” for “undue barriers” to religious exercise. Cutter, 544 U. S., at 716–717. Like RFRA, RLUIPA features “an express private cause of action” (indeed, one “that is taken from RFRA”). Sossamon, 563 U. S., at 282. And like RFRA’s, RLUIPA’s express cause of action allows “[a] person” who suffers a violation of the statute to “assert” the violation “as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government.” §§2000cc– 2(a), 2000bb–1(c).

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