In West v. Overbo, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19550 (EDWis., Sept. 8, 2005), a Wisconsin federal district court reject a Muslim inmate's claims that prison authorities retaliated against him by serving nutritionally inadequate food, insulting Ramadan participants by issuing an extra dessert, and repudiating the feast of Eid-al-Fitr.
In Andreola v. Wisconsin, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19535 (EDWis., Sept. 2, 2005), a county jail inmate had requested that he be served a kosher diet prepared in separate facilities which he could supervise. The court rejected his First Amendment claim based on a denial of his request, as well as his fraud claim. However, the court permitted more evidence to be introduced on the prisoner's claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
