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Article • May 15, 2007
NY Food Load Suit Dismissal Reversed Under RLUIPA by The plaintiff alleged that an officer ordered him to return his food tray and cup while he was performing salat, knowing that his religious beliefs prohibited his responding, and issued a misbehavior report. The plaintiff was subjected to a week of …
9/11 Immigration Detainee Challenges Denial of Counsel, Religious Diet by The plaintiff was arrested on September 12, 2001, on the belief that he was connected with the 9/11 hijackers, and transferred to a federal prison, where he was subjected to a visual body cavity search viewed by multiple male and …
Brief • May 11, 2007
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Kuperman v. NH DOC, NH, Order Adopting Magistrate Rec., 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Albert Kuperman v. 06-cv-420-JD Warden, NH State Prison ORDER I herewith approve the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Muirhead dated April 18, 2007, no objection having been filed, for …
Brief • April 18, 2007
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Kuperman v. NH DOC, NH, Report and Rec., Kosher Food Case, 2007 - Nh - Kosher Food Case - Rr 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Albert Kuperman v. Civil No. 06-cv-420-JD New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiff Albert Kuperman …
Oklahoma Orthodox Jewish Prisoners Win Kosher Diet by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Three Orthodox Jewish state prisoners won both preliminary and permanent injunctive relief requiring the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) to provide them a Kosher diet at no personal cost. Prisoners Dennis Fulbright, Jon Cottriel and Jerry …
Brief • November 9, 2006
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Kuperman v. NH DOC, NH, Complaint, Kosher Food Case, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ALBERT KUPERMAN, Plaintiff V. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, BRUCE CATTELL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY OF WARDEN, GREG COMPTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, KIMBERLY LACASSE, …
Brief • May 24, 2006
Wofford v. Sutton, IL, PLRA Physical Injury Religious Diet, 2006 Order Case 3:03-cv-00725-JPG-DGW Document 58 Filed 05/24/2006 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS STANLEY WOFFORD, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. RICK SUTTON, Defendants. Case …
Buddhist Prisoner Properly Denied Vegan Diet Under First Amendment; Case Remanded for RLUIPA Claim by David Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoners First Amendment religious exercise right to practice Mahayana Buddhism was not violated by prison officials refusal to provide a vegan diet. The …
Nebraska Native American Prisoners' Religious Program Reinstated by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Native American prisoners and Nebraska's then Director of Corrections, Harold Clarke, reached a settlement agreement on March 15, 2005 in U.S. District Court (D. Neb.) to reinstate the Native American prisoners' club (Native American Spiritual and …
Sample v. Lappin, DC, RFRA Complaint, Passover Wine, 2005 Case 1:05-cv-00596-PLF Document 1 Filed 03/22/2005 o Page 1 of 7 FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NANCY MAYER WHiTTiNGTON CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COUIlT' BRANDON S. A~LE"""., § . \<...53q'4;~v·' v •. ~~: ~~ ~-= …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Iowa Must Give Kosher Meals to Civilly Committed Sex Offender by John E Dannenberg Iowa Must Give Kosher Meals To Civilly Committed Sex Offender by John E. Dannenberg The United States District Court (S.D. Iowa) ordered that Kosher meals be provided without co-payment to an Orthodox Jewish prisoner who is …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
New Jersey Vegetarian Meals Satisfy Halal Dietary Obligations by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Third U.S. Court of Appeals held that legitimate cost and convenience factors supported the New Jersey Department of Corrections' (NJDOC) decision to provide the 280 observant Muslims with only vegetarian Halal (Islamic ritually …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
California Agrees to Provide Kosher Prison Diet Program by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Department of Corrections settled a prisoner civil rights complaint on November 12, 2003 by agreeing to accord approved kosher-observant Jewish prisoners a Kosher Diet Program (Program). The Program provides guidelines for foods …
Evidentiary Hearing Required to Determine Communion Service Frequency by The Supreme Court of Mississippi has ordered an evidentiary hearing to determine the frequency prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman are allowed to receive Communion. Prisoner Donnie Russell, acting pro se, filed a petition in State Circuit Court alleging …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
Washington DOC Settles Kosher Diet Complaints by John E Dannenberg Washington DOC Settles Kosher Diet Complaints by John E. Dannenberg Washington state's Department of Corrections (DOC) settled two 42 USC § 1983 complaints from prisoners who "practiced" Judaism but were denied kosher diets. Both settlements accorded the diets; in the …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Arkansas Prison Must Pay for Kosher Meals by Arkansas Prison Must Pay For Kosher Meals The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ordering the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) to provide a Jewish prisoner with …
Consultants Do Not Insulate Officials from Kosher Diet Liability by Consultants Do Not Insulate Officials from Kosher Diet Liability; Prisoner Loses $30,000 for Failing to Exhaust In an appeal by prison officials of a $30,000 punitive damage award for excluding a prisoner from participating in Jewish services and holidays, the …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Not Applicable to First Amendment Compensatory Damages by PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Not Applicable To First Amendment Compensatory Damages A federal district court in New York has held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) prohibition against seeking damages for mental or emotional injury without a …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
Kosher Diets for Prisoners Upheld in Tenth Circuit by Bob Williams The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Colorado Federal District Court's permanent injunction directing the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) to provide kosher meals to qualified prisoners in accordance with Orthodox Jewish law and rejected the CDOC's …
Brief • April 13, 2003
Snyder v. Ross, IL, Answer, Hunger Strike over Denial of Muslim Diet, 2003 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS People of the State of Illinois, ex rel. DONALD SNYDER, No. 03-MR-27 Plaintiff, v. TYSHAWN ROSS, Defendant. ANSWER, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES, AND COUNTERCLAIM Defendant, Tyshawn Ross, …
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