( Id.) (citing Rupe v. Cate, 2011 WL 4889211 (E.D.Cal. Oct. 13, 2011) (“Exhibits F and I have been authenticated because they are in Plaintiff's own writings.”))

Courts and prisons have recognized paganism as a religion entitled to protection under the First Amendment and RLUIPA. See e.g., Rupe v. Cate, No. CV-08-2454-EFS, 2011 WL 4889211, at *7 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 13, 2011) (recognizing that "Pagan religious practices are religious exercise" under RLUIPA); Floyd v. Leslie, No. 3:09 CV 378, 2009 WL 3060264, at *3 (N.D. Ind. Sept. 23, 2009) (Satanist inmate requesting access to his "Pagan material," who was told by corrections official, "we don't allow that here," stated a § 1983 claim for relief for a violation of his right to practice his religion); Anderson v. Klug, No. 08-C-0248, 2008 WL 1902023, at *2-3 (E.D. Wis. Apr. 25, 2008) (inmate asserting that his pagan religious texts were arbitrarily withheld and destroyed stated claim under First Amendment and RLUIPA for violation of his right to practice his religion). --------