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Minnesota’s State Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Name Change for Ex-Felon
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Minnesota’s State Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Name Change for Ex-Felon by A Minnesota appeals court affirmed the lower court’s denial of a request for a name change by an ex-felon. William R. Iverson, a pro se litigant, petitioned the district court in Nicollet County to have his name …
Post-Incarceration Name-Change Places Undue Burden on State
Article • December 15, 2009
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Post-Incarceration Name-Change Places Undue Burden on State by In a decision filed on June 16, 2009, a Wisconsin appeals court affirmed a circuit court's ruling to deny a prisoner's motion to amend his Judgment of Conviction to reflect his common law spiritual name. Jermaine Smith, a prisoner at the Green …
Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Name Changes, Religious Names, State Legislation
Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition by Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition The California Court of Appeal has reversed the Fresno Superior Court’s denial of a name-change petition filed by a federal prisoner awaiting sentencing …
Religious Name Changes Required To Follow State Procedure
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Religious Names
Religious Name Changes Required To Follow State Procedure by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a prisoner could be required to follow state name-change procedures in order to have the name change recognized by prison authorities; declaratory relief not included in the judgment itself was …
Religious Name Changes Allowed
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Religious Name Changes Allowed by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit held that a Virginia statute prohibiting prisoners from changing their names while imprisoned was unconstitutional. Prisoners were forbidden from changing their names for religious or other reasons and would have their mail rejected if they did. The …
Buddhist Prisoner Retaliated Against; District Court Abused Discretion, Reversed
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Names, Religious Property
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 …
Dismissal Of § 1983 Religious Name Change Claims Vacated
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Dismissal Of § 1983 Religious Name Change Claims Vacated by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a district court's dismissal of prisoners' § 1983 claims challenging refusal of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) to acknowledge their Islamic names. Plaintiffs, Arkansas state prisoners who converted to …
Arkansas Must Acknowledge Prisoner's Muslim Name
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Injunctions, Mail Regulations, Religious Names
Arkansas Must Acknowledge Prisoner's Muslim Name by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Arkansas prison officials must acknowledge a Muslim prisoner's Islamic name. An Arkansas state prisoner of the Islamic faith who had his name legally changed to Bilal Ali Salaam while imprisoned brought pro se civil …
Arkansas Must Acknowledge Prisoner's Muslim Name
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Mail Regulations, Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Arkansas Must Acknowledge Prisoner's Muslim Name by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Arkansas prison officials must acknowledge a Muslim prisoner's Islamic name. An Arkansas state prisoner of the Islamic faith who had his name legally changed to Bilal Ali Salaam while imprisoned brought pro se civil …
Florida Religious Name Change Upheld
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Filed under: Injunctions, Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Florida Religious Name Change Upheld by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court order requiring the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to allow Muslim prisoners to use their religious name to obtain prison services. While incarcerated, Florida death row prisoner Kenneth D. Quince converted to Islam …
Washington Religious Name Retaliation Suit Settled
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Filed under: Settlements, Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Washington Religious Name Retaliation Suit Settled by In the July, 1996 and August, 1994, issues of PLN we reported Malik v. Brown, 71 F.3d 724 (9th Cir. 1995) and 16 F.3d 330 (9th Cir. 1994), in which Washington state prisoner, and PLN supporter, Dawud Malik was punished by prison officials …
No Immunity for Washington Religious Name Retaliation
Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations, Religious Freedom, Religious Names
No Immunity for Washington Religious Name Retaliation by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that prisoners have a clearly established right to use legally adopted religious names and prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity for violating that right. The court also held such prisoners did …
Case Updates
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Case Updates by Women Prisoners : In the November, 1995, edition of PLN we reported the appeal court's decision in Pargo v. Elliot , 49 F.3d 1355 (8th Cir. 1995) in which the appeals court reversed and remanded the case for the lower court to determine whether women prisoners in …
WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation
Article • August 15, 1995 • from PLN August, 1995
Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Medical Expenses, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Victims, Boot Camps, Overcrowding, Staffing, Exercise, Hygiene Supplies, Public Defenders, Prisoner Privileges, Education, Good Time, Parole, Probation, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Restitution, Immigration, Extended Family Visiting, Religious Names, State Legislation
WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the March, 1995, issue of PLN I gave a rundown on most of the anti-prisoner and defendant legislation then pending in the legislature. After we had gone to press for that issue Ida Ballasiotes, the rabid chair of …
WA Prisoners Under Attack
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
Filed under: Medical Expenses, Exercise, Public Defenders, Prisoner Privileges, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Sexually Explicit Materials, Civil Commitment, Visiting, Extended Family Visiting, Religious Names, State Legislation
WA Prisoners Under Attack by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Someone once said that no citizen's life, limb or property was safe while the legislature was in session. Substitute "Prisoner" for "citizen" and you have an idea of what things are like in Washington. Fortunately, the Washington state legislature is …
Name Change Statute Upheld
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Names
Name Change Statute Upheld by Kevin Mathews is a Texas state prisoner who filed suit under § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of § 32.22 of the Texas Family Code. The statute in question prohibits convicted felons from changing their names unless the person has been discharged from parole or probation, …
WA Punishment for Use of Religious Name Illegal
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Legality of Rules, Summary Judgment, Mail Regulations, Religious Names
WA Punishment for Use of Religious Name Illegal by Dawud Halisi Malik By Dawud Halisi Malik On January 5, 1978, the superior court of the county of Walla Walla accepted my petition for name change as I had adopted Al-Islam as my religion. On May 8, 1990, I arrived at …
IL Bans Prisoner Name Changes
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Religious Names, State Legislation
IL Bans Prisoner Name Changes by The Illinois legislature recently passed Public Act 88-25, effective July 6, 1993, which prohibits convicted felons from changing their names while incarcerated. The act also prohibits felons from changing their names until two years after being paroled or pardoned. Anthony Bogan is a PLN …