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Tuberculosis TRO Issued
Loaded on April 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1996, page 23
A federal district court in New York granted a prisoner's motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) holding that a prison's mandatory tuberculosis (TB) test violated his religious rights. Paul Jolly, a New York state prisoner, is a Muslim. In 1991 the New York DOCS implemented a TB testing program …
Filed under:
Tuberculosis,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Appeals,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
Religious Freedom,
Religious Practices.
Location:
New York.
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