· 7/21/1994
Keith Brown-El v. Charles Harris, Major Gary Tune, Chaplain
Citations
- 26 F.3d 68
How courts have described this case
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- 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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