Showing posts with label Grooming rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grooming rules. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

DOJ Sues California Prisons for Failing to Accommodate Officers' Religious Beard Requirements

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The Department of Justice this week filed suit in a California federal district court seeking to enjoin the California correctional system f...
Friday, February 02, 2024

Muslim Employee Recovers $70,000 From Employer Who Refused Grooming Rule Accommodation

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The EEOC announced on Wednesday that it has entered a consent decree in its lawsuit against Blackwell Security Services, Inc.  The EEOC'...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

EEOC Announces Settlements In 2 Religious Discrimination Lawsuits

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In the last several days, the EEOC has announced settlements in two unrelated Title VII religious discrimination suits filed by the agency. ...
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...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

EEOC Sues Over Refusal to Accommodate Christian Employee's Belief Without Back-Up from Religious Leader

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a Title VII suit against Triple Canopy, Inc., a Reston, Virginia-based company that provides...
Monday, April 03, 2023

Muslim Corrections Officer Applicant Can Move Ahead With 1st Amendment and Title VII Claims

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In Talukder v. State of New York ,  (SD NY, March 31, 2023), a New York federal district court allowed a Sunni Muslim applicant to the New Y...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Rastafarian Police Officer's Free Exercise Claim May Move Ahead

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In Taylor v. City of New Haven ,  (D CT, March 10, 2023), a Rastafarian police officer sued claiming religious and disability discrimination...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

DC Circuit: Marines Must Accommodate Sikh Recruits in Boot Camp

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In Singh v. Berger , (DC Cir., Dec. 23, 2022), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a preliminary injunction to two Sikh Marine Corps r...
Thursday, October 27, 2022

EEOC Sues Over Refusal to Accommodate First Responders' Need to Wear Beards

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a Title VII and ADA suit against Global Medical Response, Inc. and American Medical Response...
Friday, October 14, 2022

DC Circuit Hears Oral Arguments From Sikh Marine Enlistees

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On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Singh v. Berger.  ( Audio of full oral arguments .) In the case, the D...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Sikh Marine Recruits Lose Bid For Turbans and Unshorn Hair During Recruit Training

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In Toor v. Berger ,  (D DC, Aug. 24, 2022), the D.C. federal district court refused to grant a preliminary injunction to three Sikh Marine r...
Wednesday, January 05, 2022

11th Circuit: Punitive Damages For Non-Physical Injuries Are Available To Inmate Under RLUIPA

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In Mays v. Joseph ,  (11th Cir., Jan. 3, 2022), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner may recover punitive damages for...
Wednesday, December 09, 2020

4th Circuit Remands Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA and Equal Protection Claims

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In Gentry v. Robinson , (4th Cir., Dec. 7, 2020), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and vacated in part a Virginia dist...
Monday, August 26, 2019

RLUIPA Allows Inmate To Grow Fist-Length Beard

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In Sims v. Inch , (ND FL, Aug. 23, 2019), a Florida federal district court, in a 19-page opinion, extended the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Georgia's Prisoner Grooming Policy Struck Down

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In Smith v. Dozier ,  (MD GA, Aug. 7, 2019), (on remand from the 11th Circuit) a Georgia federal district court in an 18-page opinion held t...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

EEOC Sues McDonald's Franchisee For Failure To Compromise On Grooming Policy

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal district court charging the owner of several McDonald's r...
Monday, March 04, 2019

City Settles Firefighter's Religious Discrimination Suit

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The city of Utica, New York has settled a religious accommodation lawsuit that was filed against it by a firefighter who refuses to cut his ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Muslim NYPD Officer Wins Temporary Relief Over Beard Length

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Once again (see prior posting ) the New York City Police Department's grooming rules are being challenged in court.  According to yester...
Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Cert. Denied In Challenge To Alabama Prisoner Grooming Restrictions

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Knight v. Thompson , (Docket No. 15-999, cert. denied 5/2/2016). ( Order List .) In the ca...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Fire Department's Grooming Rules Upheld

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In  Mann v. City of Moss Point , 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144320 (SD MS, Oct. 23., 2015), a Mississippi federal district court dismissed the c...