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· 7/21/1994

Keith Brown-El v. Charles Harris, Major Gary Tune, Chaplain

Citations

  • 26 F.3d 68

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • prison policy did not restrict inmate's religious freedom where inmate was directly responsible for alleged constitutional violation
  • \[P]rison staff is reduced at night and escape risks increase after dark.\
  • “In a claim arising under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, an inmate must first establish that a challenged policy restricts the inmate’s free exercise of a sincerely held religious belief.”
  • policy restricts free exercise if it coerces inmate into violating religious belief

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Judges: McMillian, Oakes, Fagg

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