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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Claim That Pollution Infringes Free Exercise Summarily Dismissed
In West v. United States Secretary of Defense, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46565 (WD WA, June 13, 2008), a pro se plaintiff challenged various aspects of a dredging project and cargo yard improvements in Olympia, Washington. In the case, a Washington federal district judge summarily dismissed plaintiff's claim that the dredging work caused pollution that violated his "right to life" and therefore his First Amendment free exercise of religion.