Salt Lake City ? An imprisoned vampire isn’t going to have a happy Halloween.

The Utah State Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed Robert Paul Rice’s claims that the Utah State Prison is violating his right to practice his religion by failing to provide him with a “vampire” diet.

The court also showed no sympathy for Rice’s complaint that he wasn’t allowed a conjugal visit when a “vampress” is available so he can partake “in the vampiric sacrament (drinking blood.)”

The court agreed with trial Judge J. Dennis Frederick’s earlier ruling that the appeal “raises questions that are so insubstantial as not to merit further consideration.”

In his appeal, Rice claimed when he was brought to the prison in June 2000 he noted he was “a Druid” and that “the order of the Druids that I follow is the order of the Vampire.” When he later became a member of Wicca, his “vampiric dietary needs” changed, he said.

Prison spokesman Jack Ford said Rice’s records show he’s a Catholic.

Rice, sentenced to 1 to 15 years for felony weapons possession, theft and burglary, said he can drink milk and eat fruit, grains and vegetables. But he won’t eat meat.

Ford said the prison provides five diets: Kosher, a medical soft diet, a full liquid diet, an alternative diet which is vegetarian and a Muslim diet, for those who practice the dietary rules of Islam.

The prison is informed and complies with medical needs, and provides 11,000 meals a day, Ford said.