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Buddhist Prisoner Retaliated Against; District Court Abused Discretion, Reversed by Buddhist Prisoner Retaliated Against; District Court Abused Discretion, Reversed The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, in a claim of retaliation made by a Buddhist prisoner against officials of the North …
Indiana Prisoner's First Amendment Religion Claim Dismissed as Frivolous by The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld dismissal as frivolous of a state prisoner's First Amendment religion claim by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Patrick O'Banion, a prisoner at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility …
No Punishment for Possession of Radical Religious Literature by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner's complaint was sufficient to defeat summary judgment and require a trial. The civil rights action was filed by a New York prisoner who spent 7 of his 15 years in prison in …
Kansas Federal Court Upholds In-Cell Book Restriction, But Continues Injunction by by Matthew T. Clarke A Kansas federal court has upheld the Kansas Department of Corrections policy limiting the number of books a prisoner may possess in his cell, but continued to enforce an injunction against prison officials destroying a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Muslim Head Scarf Lawsuit Dismissed After Prison Policy Change by The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin dismissed a Federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Cynthia Rhouni, the ex- wife of a State prisoner who was forced to remove her head scarf (a part of her …
Article • May 15, 2007
Former Federal Prisoner Complaint Barred Against Federal Agency by Former Federal prisoner Ben Siyon Ish Yerushalayim filed a Bivens complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1915 alleging violation of his rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA.) …
Jail Confiscation of Personal Bible Upheld by The plaintiff, on admission to jail, had his New International Version Bible confiscated per a policy that prohibits retention of personal reading materials. The jail implemented that policy "to curb fights over who owned what and to avoid compensation claims if the materials …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Native American Entitled to Prayer Feather by An Arkansas federal district court has held that a Native American prisoner has a constitutional right to possess or use a prayer feather for religious purposes. This action was brought by Billy Joe Wolf, complaining about acts while he was imprisoned at Arkansas? …
RLUIPA Bars Total Ban on Melanic Literature by A Michigan federal district court has entered an injunction that bars the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) from continuing a total ban on Melanic literature, requiring MDOC officials to screen such literature to ensure prohibited materials are prevented entry into MDOC prisons. …
Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect by Marvin Mentor The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a California Muslim prisoner who was attacked by fellow Muslims stated two Eighth Amendment claims against prison officials by alleging that (1) they failed to …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
New Jersey Settles Prisoners Freedom of Religion Suit by New Jersey Settles Prisoners Freedom of Religion Suit On November 14, 2005, the state of New Jersey settled a prisoners civil rights lawsuit by paying him $2,000 and allowing him to practice the Wicca religion and to receive related literature and …
Ban on Separatist Religious Publication by Ban on Separatist Religious Publication Reversed by Eighth Circuit The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment to prison officials related to the refusal to deliver a religious publication they deemed to be racially inflammatory Missouri Department of …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
RLUIPA Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court by by John E. Dannenberg A unanimous United States Supreme Court held that § 3 of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §2000cc-1(a) (1-2), which proscribes the government from imposing a substantial burden on the religious exercise …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Massachusetts Constitution Entitles Prisoners to Wear Kufi Caps by Massachusetts Constitution Entitles Prisoners to Wear Kufi Caps A Massachusetts Appellate Court has held Article 46, §1 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution allows prisoners to possess and wear kufi caps. Saifullah Abdul-Alazim, a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Facility …
Total Ban on Aryan Nation Mail Too Restrictive by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a white supremacy group failed to state a claim as to their recognition as a religious group but that the prison mail policy banning communication with and access to its …
Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $242,500 in CCA Medical Neglect Suit by On December 3, 2002, a U.S. district court issued a $400,000 judgment against Corrections Corporation of America for violating the rights of Wesley Taylor, a prisoner at the South Central Correctional facility in Tennessee. After hearing Taylor's §1983 federal civil …
Ohio Federal District Court Finds RLUIPA Constitutional by In a case of first impression in the Sixth U.S. Circuit, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has refused to dismiss Ohio prisoners' religious rights claims based on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 …
Denial of Nation of Islam Literature Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials' refusal to allow prisoners to receive Nation of Islam literature was unconstitutional, but prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity from money damages for their illegal …
BOP Policy Denying Electric Musical Instruments Upheld; Religious Exception Enjoined by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has upheld the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy prohibiting prisoners from using or possessing electric guitars or electronic musical instruments. The court enjoined BOP's exception that permitted electric …
Intangible Religious Freedom Claims Not Barred by PLRA by John E Dannenberg Intangible Religious Freedom Claims Not Barred By PLRA by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (District of Massachusetts) held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) proscription of claims for emotional damages, in the absence of physical …
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