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Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case by Tenth Circuit Finds Prisoner's First Amendment Claim Substantive and Remands Case On March 10, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a Colorado prisoner's civil rights claim against prison guards and officials …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
ACLU Prompts Kansas Jail to Change Religious Meals, Mail Policies by Joe Watson ACLU Prompts Kansas Jail to Change Religious Meals, Mail Policies by Joe Watson Prisoners at the Allen County jail in Iola, Kansas had been forced to violate their religious beliefs or go hungry until the ACLU persuaded …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
$150,000 Award after New York Prisoner’s Family Denied Right of Sepulcher by Mark Wilson $150,000 Award after New York Prisoner’s Family Denied Right of Sepulcher by Mark Wilson On February 6, 2014, a New York Court of Claims found that prison officials did not exercise reasonable efforts to locate a …
Article • October 23, 2015
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) Stipulates to Confidentiality Order by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) Stipulates to Confidentiality Order In 2005, plaintiff, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., filed suit in the district court of New Mexico asserting that New Mexico’s faith-based prison programming violates the establishment clause and seeks to …
Ind v. CDOC, CO, Order Vacating Judgment, RLUIPA Christian Separatism ad seg books, 2015.pdf Case 1:09-cv-00537-WJM-KLM Document 336 Filed 10/19/15 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge William J. Martínez Civil Action No. 09-cv-0537-WJM-KLM JACOB IND, Plaintiff, v. COLORADO …
Brief • October 7, 2015
Phillips v. Mason, AZ, Settlement, Right to Religious Worship, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Ser.tlement Agreement and Release (the "'Agreemenf') xs made ·between: (i) The Plaintiff Eric Dewayne Phillips (hereinafter "Phillips"); and (ii) the State of Arizona Defendants Wayne F. Mason, Alwin Becker; and Greg Fizer (hereinafter "State Defendants"). …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Sex Assault Charges against Wiccan Ex-Prison Chaplain Dismissed by Joe Watson Sex Assault Charges against Wiccan Ex-Prison Chaplain Dismissed by Joe Watson A Wiccan former prison chaplain at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution in Wisconsin pledged to sue the Wisconsin Department of Corrections after she was cleared of criminal charges in …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Michigan to Accommodate Religious Rights of Muslim Prisoners by David Reutter Michigan to Accommodate Religious Rights of Muslim Prisoners by David M. Reutter After a Michigan federal district court ruled the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) had violated the religious rights of Muslim prisoners by denying them the ability to …
Brief • September 22, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
McDaniel v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Right to Religious Worship, 2015 Mark Bmovicb Attorney General Michael E. Gottfried Assistant Attorney General State Bar of Arizona No. 010623 Michael J. Hrnicek Assistant Attorney General State Bar of Arizona No. 022900 1275 W. Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007-2926 Telephone: (602) 542-1610 Fax: (602) …
Patel v. Bureau of Prisons, DC, Memorandum Opinion Re Summary Judgment, Noncitizen Treatment, RFRA, FOIA, 2015 Case 1:09-cv-00200-RDM Document 130 Filed 08/21/15 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KAMAL PATEL, Plaintiff, v. BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • August 12, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
United States v. Florida DOC, FL, Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction, religious diet, 2015 Case 1:12-cv-22958-PAS Document 548 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/12/2015 Page 1 of 7 UN ITED STA TES DISTR ICT C O U RT SO UTH ER N DISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA CASE NO.12-22958-C1V-SElTZ/TURN …
Brief • August 12, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
United States v. Florida DOC, FL, Order Re Contents of Injunction, religious diet, 2015 Case 1:12-cv-22958-PAS Document 547 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/12/2015 Page 1 of 9 UN ITED STA TE S DISTR ICT C O U R T SO UTH ER N DISTRICT O F FLO R IDA CA …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found a restriction imposed on a Muslim prisoner who wanted to grow a short …
American Humanist Association v. USA, OR, Settlement, Humanist Religious Rights, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION and JASON MICHAEL HOLDEN, Case No. 3:14-CV-00565-HZ Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS; FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, SHERIDAN, OREGON; BOP WESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR JUAN …
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
Fifth Circuit: Texas May Not Enforce Rule Prohibiting Religious Beards by Matthew T. Clarke Fifth Circuit: Texas May Not Enforce Rule Prohibiting Religious Beards By Matt Clarke On April 2, 2013, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice could not continue to enforce …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods by Matthew Clarke U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods By Matt Clarke In February 2013, the U.K.’s Department of Justice issued an apology and suspended a prison meat supplier after traces of …
$30,000 Award for New York Prisoner Held in Tuberculosis Isolation by $30,000 Award for New York Prisoner Held in Tuberculosis Isolation A New York Federal Jury awarded a prisoner $30,000 for injuries incurred from constitutional violations that resulted from him being held in tuberculosis isolation against his will, despite not …
Brief • June 4, 2015
Filed under: Religious Grooming
Holt v. Kelley, AR, Permanent Injunction, religious grooming beard, 2015 Case 5:11-cv-00164-BSM Document 165 Filed 06/04/15 Page 1 of 4 Case 5:11-cv-00164-BSM Document 165 Filed 06/04/15 Page 2 of 4 Case 5:11-cv-00164-BSM Document 165 Filed 06/04/15 Page 3 of 4 IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 4th day of June 2015. …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Prisoner has Right to Free Kosher Meals by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Prisoner has Right to Free Kosher Meals by Matt Clarke On December 21, 2012, in a lawsuit that still remains pending, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Jewish prisoner …
“American Taliban” Wins Injunction Against BOP Religious Worship Restrictions by Derek Gilna “American Taliban” Wins Injunction Against BOP Religious Worship Restrictions by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner John Walker Lindh, better known as the “American Taliban,” who pleaded guilty to fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan and carrying an explosive during …
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