Religion Clause

The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections,  (Docket No. 23-1197, certiorari granted 6/23/...

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations yesterday announced the filing of a federal lawsuit by a Muslim woman who...

In Logsdon v. Woods , (11th Cir., March 28, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to allow a pre-trial detainee to proceed w...

In Barnett v. Short ,  (8th Cir., Feb. 28. 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part the dismissal of a suit brought by ...

 In Ex Parte Halprin ,  (TX Ct. Crim. App., Nov. 6, 2024), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in a 6-3 decision granted a new trial to one ...

In Fuqua v. Raak ,  (9th Cir., Nov. 1, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed an Arizona federal district court...

 In Mustin v. Wainwright ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of free exercise, RLUIPA...

In Nunez v. Wolf ,  (3d Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a suit under RLUIPA, held that the district court ha...

 In Tripathy v. McKoy ,  (2d Cir., May 29, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought against pri...

In Brandon v. Royce , (2d Cir., May 15, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court erred in granting summary ...

 In Lozano v. Collier , (5th Cir., April 11, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a portion of the district court's dec...

Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by six inmates at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, New...

In Pendleton v. Jividen , (4th Cir., March 20, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a West Virginia federal district court...

 In United States v. Rourke ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 15, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that it was "plain error" for...

In Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety , (5th Cir., Feb. 5, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a v...

In Long v. Sugai ,  (2d Cir., Feb. 5, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Hawaii prison sergeant may have violated plai...

In a press release yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that Michigan correctional authorities have now fully implemented prison ...

In Smith v. Hamm ,  (MD AL, Jan. 10, 2024), plaintiff, who is scheduled for execution by nitrogen hypoxia on January 25, challenges the lega...

In Greene v. Lassiter ,  (4th Cir., Dec.13, 2023), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in a pro se  suit by a prisoner held that the distr...

In Kravitz v. Purcell ,  (2d Cir., Nov. 27, 2023), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that unlike suits under RFRA, an inmate allegi...