Showing posts with label Prisoner cases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prisoner cases. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024

5th Circuit Remands Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA and Establishment Clause Claims

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 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...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Inmates Sue Claiming Religious Need to Watch Solar Eclipse

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Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by six inmates at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, New...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

4th Circuit: Inmate's Claim for Religious Diet Should Move Forward

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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...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

9th Circuit: On Supervised Release, Must Have Secular Alternative To 12-Step Program Requirement

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 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...
Wednesday, February 07, 2024

5th Circuit, 11-6, Denies En Banc Rehearing on Availability of Damages Under RLUIPA

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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...
Tuesday, February 06, 2024

2nd Circuit: Delivering Inmate's Ramadan Meals Too Early Burdened His Free Exercise Rights

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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...
Friday, January 19, 2024

Michigan Prisons Implement Settlement Agreement on Religious Practices

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In a press release yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that Michigan correctional authorities have now fully implemented prison ...
Friday, January 12, 2024

Inmate's Speech and Religion Challenges to His Execution Method Are Not Dismissed, But Execution Not Enjoined

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In Smith v. Hamm ,  (MD AL, Jan. 10, 2024), plaintiff, who is scheduled for execution by nitrogen hypoxia on January 25, challenges the lega...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

4th Circuit: Nation of Gods and Earths May Qualify as a Religion

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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...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

2nd Circuit: 1st Amendment Free Exercise Claim Requires Only "Burden", Not "Substantial Burden" On Religion

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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...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

2nd Circuit Remands Free Exercise Claim of Inmate Who Could Not Attend Religious Services

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In Wiggins v. Griffin ,  (2d Cir., Nov. 20, 2023), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a New York federal district co...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

11th Circuit: No Bivens Remedy for Free Exercise Infringement by Government Contractor or Its Employees

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 In Walker v. Dismas Charities, Inc. ,  (11th Cir., Nov. 14,2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Free Exercise and 8th Ame...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

5th Circuit: Religious Objection to Medications Must Be Considered In Forcible Medication Determination

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United States v. Harris ,  (5th Cir., Oct. 17, 2023), involved a defendant who was charged with threatening to assault a federal judge. Defe...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Denying Inmate Permission to Marry Was RFRA Violation

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In Davis v. Wigen ,  (3d Cir., Sept. 19, 2023), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a RFRA cl...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

11th Circuit: PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Does Not Include Filing of Rule Change Petition

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In Sims v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections , (11th Cir., July 31, 2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the P...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

9th Circuit: Prison Official's Referencing Bible Verse Did Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Forter v. Young ,  (9th Cir., July 12, 2023), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected former prisoner Jeffrey Forter's complai...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

3rd Circuit: Qualified Immunity Can Be Asserted in RFRA Case, But Not in This One

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In Mack v. Yost ,  (3rd Cir., March 21, 2023), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that qualified immunity can be a...
Friday, March 03, 2023

7th Circuit: Protestant Inmate's Prayer Oil Claim Dismissed In Part

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In Greene v. Teslik , (7th Cir., March 2, 2023), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that a Protestant inmate's complaint under...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

11th Circuit: Plaintiff Can Move Ahead with Claims Stemming from Denial of Kosher Meals in Jail

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In Ravan v. Talton ,  (11th Cir., Feb. 27, 2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that plaintiff who is Jewish should have been ...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Alaska Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA Claims

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In Din v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections , (AK Sup. Ct., Feb. 22, 2023) the Alaska Supreme Court vacated a trial court's dis...