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Eighth Circuit: Perfect Adherence to Burdened Beliefs Not Required to Demonstrate Sincerity under RLUIPA by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On November 2, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc, does not require …
Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a group of North Carolina prisoners can be treated like adherents of a religion even …
Priest v. Superintendent D. Holbrook, WA, Claim, Protection of Religious Articles, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 20-35178 DAVID R. PRIEST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUPERINTENDENT D. HOLBROOK, CPM JACKSON, CUS A. ALVAREZJACKSON, SGT DAVID BREWER, C/O DUNCAN AND C/O DOE, Defendants-Appellees. On Appeal from …
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 …
Brief • June 1, 2018
Manning v. CDCR, CA, settlement, parolee civil rights, 2018 Page 1of6 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE I. PARTIES This Settlement Agreement and Release (Agreement) concerns SHERMAN MANNING (Plaintiff) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on behalf of Defendants JEFFREY GREEN, KAREN THACKER, DOUGLAS BROOME, and SEAN WILSON. Plaintiff, …
Statement of the Department of Justice on RLUIPA, 2018 Statement of the Department of Justice on the Institutionalized Persons Provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc, is a civil rights law that protects …
Virginia Federal Court Holds Nation of Gods and Earth is a Religion by A federal district court has ordered the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) to remove the security threat group designation from the Nation of Gods and Earth (NGE), “recognize it as a religion, and afford it the rights …
$15.000 Settles Multiple Civil Rights Complaints by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled multiple civil rights lawsuits brought by prisoner David Y. Merritt in March 2002. Merritt, an imprisoned government informant, filed several lawsuits against the Bureau of Prisons in federal court between 1995 and 2001. …
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 • September 8, 2017
Filed under: Tax Law, Religion Defined
Seventh Circuit Denounces "Sovereign Citizen" Claims in Otherwise Routine Denial of Frivolous Suit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton John Jones Bey sued the State of Indiana and county officials to enjoin them from taxing property he owns in Marion County, Indiana. He also sought a refund of past taxes …
Coward v. Robinson, VA, Judgment, 5 Percenters Religious Freedom, 2017 Case 1:10-cv-00147-LMB-MSN Document 237 Filed 08/28/17 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 2656 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division Kalvin Donnell Coward, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
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 …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
BOP Recognizes Humanist Religion after Prisoner Files Suit by Derek Gilna The American Humanist Association, affiliated with over 1,000 congregations in the United States, has been a recognized religion for decades – but it took a civil rights complaint by a federal prisoner at FCI Sheridan in Oregon to finally …
BOP Settles Lawsuit by Recognizing Humanism as Religion by Mark Wilson The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has agreed to recognize "Humanism" as an official "religion" to settle a prisoner's lawsuit. Jason Michael Holden is a BOP prisoner who was confined at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Sheridan, Oregon. …
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 …
American Humanist Association & Holden v. USA et al, OR, Complaint, humanist religious rights, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-00565-HA Document 1 Filed 04/08/14 Page 1 of 43 Page ID#: 1 BENJAMIN W. HAILE, OSB #040660 Ben@portlandlawcollective.com Portland Law Collective, LLP 1130 SW Morrison St, Suite 407 Portland, OR 97205 Telephone: (503) 228-1889 …
Alabama DOC Settles Wicca Suit by On August 20, 2004, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to settle a suit seeking recognition and accommodation of Wiccan religious practices. In 1995, Timothy Hornsby sued the ADOC arguing that its refusal to recognize Wicca as a religion violated his constitutional and …
Religious Sincerity, Not Necessity, Satisfies Free Exercise Claim by Utah State prisoner Karl Kay appealed the dismissal of his § 1983 action for denial of religious materials, parole based due process violations and retaliation for seeking counsel. The court reversed dismissal of his religious materials denial claim, affirmed the balance …
Backsliding Not Proof of Religious Insincerity by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded a district court decision dismissing a prisoner's free exercise of religion and equal protection claims. Plaintiff, an Illinois state prisoner who professed to be Rastafarian, brought a federal civil rights lawsuit …
Muslim Prisoners Awarded $9,000 for Religious Suppression by A New York Federal District Court awarded three prisoners at Attica State Prison $3,000 each for the Commissioner of Corrections; Paul McGinnis, failure to promulgate regulations that allow the prisoners to practice the religion of Islam as members of the Nation of …
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