Judd v. Odell

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “prison authorities are proscribed by the constitutional status of religious freedom from managing [an] institution in a manner which unnecessarily prevents [an inmate’s] observance of his dietary obligations”
• maintaining jurisdiction under § 1361 in an action alleging First Amendment violations in prison food services
• finding “prison authorities must accommodate the right of prisoners to receive diets consistent with their religious scruples” absent legitimate penological interests
• declining to require prepackaged Kosher meals under First Amendment analysis where there were other feasible alternatives
• holding orthodox Jewish inmate was entitled to kosher meals
• modifying a district court order to “require the provision of a diet sufficient to sustain the [Jewish] prisoner in good health without violating the Jewish dietary 5 laws”

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