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Refusal of Non-Lethal Injection Kills Arizona Prisoner

Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Refusal of Non-Lethal Injection Kills Arizona Prisoner by Arizona prisoner Teshome Abate, 39, died Jan. 3, 1998, after a four month hunger strike. In 1989 Abate brought suit against the department of corrections seeking to acquire his Ethiopian Orthodox Christian diet. Ethiopian Orthodox leaders had informed officials their faith requires …

Trial Required in Religious Diet Claim

Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998

Filed under: Food, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Trial Required in Religious Diet Claim by Afederal district court in California held that disputed facts required a trial to determine if a segregated Muslim prisoner's religious rights were violated when he was denied a special diet during Ramadan. Roderick Washington, a California state prisoner, filed suit claiming he was …

Arizona Prisoner Entitled to Kosher Diet

Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997

Filed under: Food, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Arizona Prisoner Entitled to Kosher Diet by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a district court erred when it upheld the denial of Kosher meals to Jewish prisoners in Arizona. Kenneth Ashelman is one of 70 Jewish prisoners in the Arizona DOC. Prison officials in that …

Seventh Circuit Analyzes RFRA

Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997

Filed under: Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, Religious Practices

Seventh Circuit Analyzes RFRA by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit gave its first ruling on the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to prison cases in that circuit and in doing so defined what constitutes a "substantial burden" on religious practcies. The court consolidated two …

RFRA TRO Granted

Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995

Filed under: Food, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming, Religious Diet, Religious Property

RFRA TRO Granted by A federal district court in Arizona granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to an Arizona state prisoner who filed suit seeking relief for violation of his religious rights to a Kosher diet, to long hair, a colored head covering and to maintain a vow of poverty. …

Article Clarification

Article • October 15, 1995 • from PLN October, 1995

Filed under: Prison Industries, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, State Legislation

Article Clarification by In the August, 1995, PLN our ar ticle WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation commented at length on House Bill 2010. We were somewhat skeptical of provisions within the bill that designated efforts to explore establishing a kosher kitchen at the Airway Heights prison near Spokane, WA for …

Lockdown May Be Unconstitutional

Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994

Filed under: Lockdowns, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Religious Diet

Lockdown May Be Unconstitutional by Danny Eason is a Texas state prisoner. After two disturbances, in which he was not involved, the prison he was housed in was locked down for a total of 25 days. He claimed that during this period he was denied access to the prison law …

9th Cir. Explains Review of Religious Claims

Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994

Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, Religious Practices, Religious Property, Clergy

9th Cir. Explains Review of Religious Claims by Jason Ward is the only Orthodox Jewish prisoner at the Ely State Prison in Nevada. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that prison officials had violated his right to free exercise of his religion by not providing him with a kosher …

Right to Religious Diet Clearly Established

Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993

Filed under: Food, Qualified Immunity, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Right to Religious Diet Clearly Established by Warren Bass is a Jewish New York state prisoner. Despite the recommendation of the prison rabbi that Bass was sincere in his religious beliefs and should receive a kosher diet, prison officials refused to provide Bass with a kosher diet. Bass filed suit …

Prisoner Entitled to Religious Diet

Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993

Filed under: Food, Qualified Immunity, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Prisoner Entitled to Religious Diet by Warren Bass is a New York state prisoner who filed suit under § 1983 after being denied a diet of meals prepared in accordance with his religious beliefs. The defendant prison officials moved for summary judgement on the basis of qualified immunity from money …

Jamison v. Yolo County, CA, Amended Complaint, Religious Freedom, 2012

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Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Religious Diet, Religious Freedom/Worship

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