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Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Kosher Meals Under RLUIPA by The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) must provide a kosher diet to a Muslim prisoner who said he believes “Islam prohibits rejecting food that Allah has given to humans – including certain types of animal meat.” Prisoner Roman Lee Jones, who …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Texas State Prisoners Fight for Access to Kosher Meals by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After leading a 12-year legal battle that secured an agreement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to recognize the right of Orthodox Jewish prisoners to receive kosher meals, Max Moussazadeh was released from …
Artis v. Tanner, IL, Amended Complaint, Religious Freedom, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-06905 Document#: 17 Filed: 02/05/18 Page 1 of 14 PagelD #:124 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MONTEZ ARTIS, Case No. I :17-cv-06905 Plaintiff, vs. Honorable John Z. Lee QUENTIN TANN ER, …
Brief • January 8, 2018
Teneng v. Trump, CA, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement-Health-Nutrition-Religion, 2018 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 1 of 39 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ballard Spahr LLP One Sin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 900 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135-2958 10 11 12 13 …
Article • December 27, 2017
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Indiana DOC Must Offer Passover Diet by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton The Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) agreed after being sued to provide a Passover diet to a prisoner who was denied the meals under a prison policy that said prisoners not on a kosher diet the remainder of …
Article • December 26, 2017
Kosher Diet Denial Reasonable, Religious Headwear Confiscation Not by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded in part a New York federal district court’s summary judgment on a §1983 complaint against the New York State Department of Correctional Service (DOCS). In the complaint Arrello Barnes, a prisoner, alleged …
Article • December 12, 2017
Injunction Requiring Kosher Diet in Florida Prisons Vacated by Eleventh Circuit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In an unusual opinion based on an issue completely missed by the parties, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated an injunction that required the State of Florida …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Eleventh Circuit: Florida Prisoners Must be Provided Kosher Meals by David Reutter by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) must provide prisoners with the option of receiving kosher meals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in affirming a district court’s grant of summary judgment and a permanent …
Brief • September 6, 2017
Troutman v. Mutayoba, IL, Merit Review, Religious Worship, 2017 case ~:l/-CV-UU~41-!:)MY-HJU uocument b 1--lleO U~/Uti/1/ t-'age 1 OT~ t-'age IU 1144 IN THE UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JEASON TROUTMAN, No. S07355, Plaintiff, vs. JAMES MUTAYOBA, STEPHEN KEIM, DAVID RAINS, JOHN BALDWIN Defendants. ) …
Brief • August 11, 2017
Bartlett v. Atencio, ID, Settlement, Kosher Meals, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-00191-CWD Document 32-1 Filed 08/11/17 Page 1 of 9 Richard Eppink AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IDAHO FOUNDATION Idaho State Bar no. 7503 reppink@acluidaho.org P.O. Box 1897 Boise, Idaho 83701 (208) 344-9750, ext. 1202 Craig Durham FERGUSON DURHAM, PLLC Idaho State …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Over Denial of Ramadan Meals; $3,600 Settlement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 4, 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a Muslim prisoner who was denied several sack meals during Ramadan. Michael L. …
Harris v. Adams County Sheriff's Department, CO, Settlement, Quran and Halal Meals, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE ("Agreement") is made by and between, Marquise D. Harris ("Plaintiff')~nd Adams County Board of County Commissioners, its current and former officers, agents, servants and employees, the …
Brief • May 3, 2017
Bartlett v. Atencio, ID, Complaint, Kosher Meals, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-00191-CWD Document 1 Filed 05/03/17 Page 1 of 29 Richard Eppink AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IDAHO FOUNDATION Idaho State Bar no. 7503 reppink@acluidaho.org P.O. Box 1897 Boise, Idaho 83701 (208) 344-9750, ext. 1202 Craig Durham FERGUSON DURHAM, PLLC Idaho State …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Michigan Prison Officials Held in Contempt for Violating Ramadan Order by David Reutter A Michigan federal district court twice found state prison officials in contempt for failing to comply with its orders regarding the provision of “adequate nutrition during the Islamic Month of Ramadan.” As a result, they were ordered …
Brazilian Prisoners Receive Mind-altering Drugs to Modify their Behavior by Derek Gilna In a controversial move, Brazilian prisoners convicted of murder and rape have been allowed to take a drug called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), in a drink known as Ayahuasca, as part of a spiritual rehabilitation program. Generally ingested in a …
Brief • November 22, 2016
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Woodring v. Commissioner, IN, Dismissal Notice, Kosher Diet, 2016 Case l:16-cv-02855-RLY-MPB Document 13 Filed 11/22/16 Page 1 of 2 PagelD #: 32 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION BRIAN WOODRING, Plaintiff, No. l:16-cv-02855-RLY-MPB COMMISSIONER, INDIANA OF CORRECTION, Defendant. Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Plaintiff, by counsel, files …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Suit by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Virginia prisoner’s civil rights action that raised claims related to his religious practices and medical care. Prisoner Jesus Emmanuel Jehovah’s complaint alleged prison officials violated his free exercise …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Religious Diet
Many Nevada Jewish Prisoners Opting Out of Proposed Kosher Meals by Matthew Clarke On August 12, 2012, a Nevada federal court approved a notice of proposed settlement of a class-action civil rights lawsuit brought by a Jewish Nevada state prisoner over the announced intent of the Nevada Department of Corrections …
Ackerman v. Washington, MI, Amended Complaint, Kosher Meals in Prison, 2016 Case 4:13-cv-14137-LVP-MKM ECF No. 90-1 filed 08/15/16 PageID.1200 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHAEL ARNOLD, and Proposed CLASS MEMBERS, Plaintiffs, -v- Case No. 13-14137 Hon. LINDA V. PARKER …
Meister v. Kempf, ID, Amended Complaint, Odinism, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00022-REB Document 25 Filed 05/31/16 Page 1 of 30 David Meister #70703 ISCC H-104-A PO Box 70010 Boise, ID 83707 ' ' ' .. ~. ,-;:-i ·l ~ • L II I-~ , f1) Plaintiff, pro se IN THE UNITED STATES …
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