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RFRA Analyzed and Applied in 10th Circuit
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1995, page 5
The court of appeals for the tenth circuit has issued its first ruling analyzing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1, holding that it may well require prison officials to provide Native American prisoners with sweat lodge facilities. Robert Werner, a Utah state prisoner, filed suit under …
Filed under:
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
Qualified Immunity,
Religious Freedom,
Religious Practices,
Religious Property,
Clergy.
Location:
Utah.
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