11th Circuit: Inmate's Complaint About Halal-Compliant Food Can Move Ahead

In Robbins v. Robertson, (11th Cir., July 23, 2019), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Muslim inmate's 1st Amendment claim regarding the adequacy of his religious diet should not be dismissed, saying in part:

Plaintiff also made some non-conclusory allegations that plausibly supported his claim that the Islamic-compliant vegan meals were so nutritionally deficient that he was forced to choose between abandoning his religious precepts (by eating religiously non-compliant food that was nutritionally adequate) or suffering serious health consequences (by eating nutritionally inadequate food that was religiously compliant).