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Second Circuit: New York Prisoner’s Religious Discrimination Need Not Show a “Substantial” Burden of Beliefs

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit waded into a contentious debate over religious rights on November 27, 2023, holding that prisoners claiming a violation of those rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 need to show only that their beliefs were burdened. The Court joined the Third, Fifth and ...

 

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