Prisoner Claim On Denial of Ramadan Accommodation Moves Ahead

Yesterday in Conyers v. Abitz, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals permitted a prisoner's claim against Wisconsin prison officials to move forward, rejecting the state's claim that his grievance was not filed in a timely manner as well as other defenses. While serving time in prison segregation, Conyers asked for late bagged dinners during the Fast of Ramadan. He was told that the deadline to sign up for them had passed. The sign-up deadline had been published in the prison's daily bulletin, but Conyers did not have access to that bulletin while in segregation.