In Catala v. Commissioner, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31695 (D.NH, Nov. 22, 2005), a New Hampshire federal district court rejected a motion by the New Hamshire Department of Corrections to dismiss a prisoner's claim that he was unconstitutionally required to attend a religious-based twelve-step program for substance abuse in order to otain a change in classification and as a factor in parole.
In Awala v. People Who Want (Dec. 8, 2005), the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as frivolous a prisoner's suit asking the federal district court to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's Ten Commandments decision and restore all religious monuments that have been removed from court houses around the country.
