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15 Jun 2014, 9:19 am
LEXIS 78856 (SD IL, June 9, 2014), an Illinois federal district court permitted a Rastafarian inmate to proceed with his complaint that his dreadlocks were forcibly cut.In Davis v. [read post]
5 May 2013, 7:12 am
LEXIS 62802 (WS MI, May 2, 2013), a Michigan federal district court rejected a free exercise complaint that Native American prisoners were not allowed to possess tobacco and matches in their personal property and were not allowed to engage in smudging in their cells. [read post]
24 Mar 2013, 10:59 am
LEXIS 11233 (ED CA, March 25, 2013), a California federal magistrate judge, in an amended opinion after reconsideration in light of an intervening 9th Circuit decision, again recommended dismissing complaints that authorities failed to procure a Rastafarian chaplain, did not provide a separate outside place of Rastafarian worship, refused to allow possession of religious items and failed to approve a Rastafarian religious vendor.In Evans v. [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 2:02 pm
LEXIS 124591 (ED CA, Aug. 30, 2012), a California federal magistrate judge dismissed, with leave to amend, a suit by a Native American "Yaqui" Indian whose religious practice involves both Native American and Christian elements. [read post]
18 May 2012, 3:36 am
These rules may conflict, however, with the religious requirements of inmates, such as Muslims, Sikhs, Native Americans, and Rastafarians, who are forbidden from cutting their hair. [read post]
7 Aug 2011, 8:57 am
LEXIS 84110 (SD NY, July 27, 2011), a New York federal district court refused to permit a Rastafarian prisoner to amend his complaint to charge the deputy superintendent with denying him specially requested religious meals on holy days.In Henry v. [read post]
24 Dec 2010, 12:23 am
Columbians united So in comes Pedro, a native of Columbia with his wife and small child. [read post]
29 Aug 2010, 2:02 pm
LEXIS 86089 (SD TX, Aug. 20, 2010), a Texas federal magistrate judge, in a case on remand from the 5th Circuit (see prior posting), ruled that Texas prison grooming rules impose a substantial burden on free exercise rights of a Native American inmate who wants to grow and wear a kouplock. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 2:35 pm
LEXIS 116305 (SD IN, Dec. 11, 2009), an Indiana federal district court found that a Rastafarian inmate's religious needs were not disregarded. [read post]
15 Nov 2009, 6:00 am
LEXIS 104255, Aug. 24, 2009), and dismissed claims of a native American inmate that prison officials failed to mail out certain religious items that he had properly processed for mailing. [read post]
6 Sep 2009, 6:00 am
LEXIS 78943 (ED CA, Sept. 2, 2009), a Rastafarian prisoner complained that he was denied access to a vegan diet as required by his Rastafarian faith. [read post]
8 Aug 2009, 4:15 pm
Kyler, (2008), [LEXIS link], rejecting a prisoner's claim under the constitution and RLUIPA that the prison should have furnished Rastafarian prisoners a weekly group prayer service led by a prayer leader. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 6:05 am
Fisher, (ID App., Jan. 28, 2009), an Idaho Court of Appeals upheld a state maximum security prison's ban on sweat lodge ceremonies and its restrictions on possession of religious property brought by an inmate who practices Odinism and Native American religion. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 6:30 am
LEXIS 56978 (SD OH, July 18, 2008), an Ohio federal magistrate judge recommended denial of a temporary restraining order in a Rastafarian inmate's challenge to Ohio prison regulations regarding hair length.In Hatcher v. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 7:02 am
LEXIS 49191 (D RI, June 27, 2008), a Rastafarian prisoner sued because he was denied a vegetarian diet as required by his religious beliefs. [read post]
4 Mar 2007, 11:40 pm
It also held that Whitaker did not have to prove his Native American heritage to assert his claim. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 10:45 pm
The prisoner claimed he had been denied the right to practice his Native American religion. [read post]
