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Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Texas Challenge to Forced Prison Labor

On May 1, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of claims by a Texas state prisoner related to his “religiously-motivated decision not to participate in an unpaid prison work program.” The court has an interesting way of saying the prisoner claimed that slavery was …

 

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