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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Fletcher affirmed in part a district court judgment in favor of prison officials in an action brought by a Hawaii prison inmate, a Muslim, who alleged that prison officials violated his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion and unconstitutionally retaliated against him for engaging in protected First Amendment activity. The matter was vacated and remanded to allow the district court to conduct analysis concerning the delivery of an evening meal at 3:30 p.m. during Ramadan. The inmate alleged that the food delivery substantially burdened his free exercise of religion. The district court correctly granted partial summary judgment in favor of the Chief of Security on the inmate's claim that he was transferred from a medium-security facility to a high-security facility in retaliation for filing grievances. Affirmed in part.