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Eleventh Circuit: Expiration of Preliminary Injunction Moots Appeal

Loaded on March 1, 2016 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News March, 2016, page 53
Filed under: Injunctions (PLRA), Religious Diet. Location: Florida.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as moot an appeal by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that challenged a preliminary injunction regulating its provision of kosher meals to prisoners. The appellate court also vacated orders by the district court that clarified its injunction.

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