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Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
North Carolina Prison Guard Sues Over Religious Discrimination by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin As PLN has reported numerous times, before the Supreme Court’s ruling in Holt v. Hobbs, 135 S.Ct. 853 (2015) [PLN, Aug. 2015, p.50], Muslim prisoners were routinely denied their right to grow a beard as required …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Freedom
Eighteen Years After its Passage, Prisons and Jails Continue to Violate RLUIPA by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After decades of complaints by prisoners that corrections officials frequently denied them the right to practice their religion, Congress took action and passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Appeals, Religious Diet
New York Prisoner Entitled to Vegetarian, Dairy Tolerant, Kosher Diet Under RLUIPA by On July 10, 2018, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) had violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by refusing to accommodate …
Brief • January 2, 2019
Al Matar v. Borchardt, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN I>lYISION ITEMID AL MATAR1 ) ) .Plaintiff. ) V. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ) ) ) ) a municipal corporation, ) Defendants. ) ) Case No,.: I 6 CV …
Pack v. Mueller, IL, Complaint, Right to Religious Worship, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-00880-MJR-SCW Document 102 Filed 01/02/19 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #406 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES L. PACK, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT C. MUELLER, JOHN R. BALDWIN, CHRISTOPHER BOEHLER, STEPHEN KEIM, …
Publication • January 1, 2019
WA State Office of the Corrections Ombus - Summary Report on the Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey, 2019 Summary Report on the January 2019 Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey Report prepared for the Washington State Office of Corrections Ombuds March 2019 2 Table of Contents Executive …
Clay, et al. v. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, et al., OH, class-action complaint, unconstitutional and deplorable jail conditions, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-02929 Doc #: 1 Filed: 12/20/18 1 of 61. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION TONYA CLAY, ANTHONY BONNER, JAMES MARTIN, GEORGETTE …
Federal Judge Orders Washington Prison Officials to Properly Feed Ramadan Participants by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In what could be the fastest injunction ever granted in a prison-related case, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton issued a temporary retraining order in favor of Muslim prisoners mere hours after they …
Brief • November 21, 2018
Young, et al. v. Newton, et al., VA, second amended complaint, religious discrimination against Muslim prisoners, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00851-AJT-JFA Document 10 Filed 11/21/18 Page 1 of 44 PageID# 48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION MITCHELL YOUNG, Inmate # 1399969 DESMOND HORTON, Inmate # 72575 DOMINIC …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Muslim Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment Order in Mixed Appellate Ruling by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Darrell Eugene Harris is a Muslim prisoner confined in California’s prison system. He filed a civil rights suit raising state and federal claims against prison guard S. Escamilla. Harris alleged that Escamilla removed …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2018, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan ruled the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) could not enforce a grooming policy that required a Rastafarian prisoner to …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, settlement, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of …
Humanism to be Recognized as Approved Faith in North Carolina Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On March 28, 2018, a federal district court entered a summary judgment order that held Humanism was in fact a faith group that must be recognized by the North Carolina Department of Public …
Florida ICE Detention Center Restricts Detainees’ Observance of Ramadan by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the midst of Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for those of the Islamic faith, the Glades County Detention Center in Florida implemented a policy that banned some Muslim prisoners from participating in …
Paige v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Case 3:16-cv-00858-SMY-RJD Document 60 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #510 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR TH'ftEC EIVEO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CORY PAIGE, SEP 1 7 20!8 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. ) KIMBERLY BUTLER, …
Lutgens v. County of Dakota, et al., MN, forced religious indoctrination of prisoners, 2018 CASE 0:18-cv-02634 Document 1 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Bryant Lutgens, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, Court File No. __________________ CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
With Help from ACLU, Parolee Wins $10,000 Settlement Plus $100,000 in Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After serving a 16-year sentence for forcible sodomy and forcible oral copulation, California state prisoner Sherman D. Manning was released on parole in February 2016 under the custody of the state’s …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Virginia Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment, Settles Religious Diet Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Aaron Carter is a Virginia state prisoner; he is also a member of the Nation of Islam. Due to his religion’s dietary restrictions, he was enrolled in the prison system’s Common Fare program (CFP), which …
McKibben v. McMahon, CA, Settlement, LGBT Wrongful Treatment, 2018 Case 5:14-cv-02171-JGB-SP Document 78 Filed 08/15/18 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #:714 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DAN MCKIBBEN, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No.14-2171-JGB-SP [Hon. Jesus G. Bernal] vs. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT JOHN MCMAHON, et al., Defendants. Plaintiffs1 …
Brief • August 1, 2018
Teneng v. Trump, CA, Evidence, Conditions of Confinement-ICE, 2018 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 1 of 7 Page ID #:40 EXHIBIT 1 Ex. 1 038 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 2 of 7 Page ID #:41 Ex. 1 039 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page …
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