Ricky J. Rapier v. Sheriff William Harris, Jail Commander Jon Marvel, Correctional Officer Ray Higginbotham

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• holding that jail's failure to provide pork-free food to inmate on 3 out of 810 occasions did not constitute an actionable burden on inmate's free exercise of religion
• holding that the unavailability of a non-pork tray for inmate at 3 meals out of 810 does not constitute more than a de minimis burden on inmate’s free exercise of religion
• holding that prison officials could place a pretrial detainee in disciplinary segregation
• holding the use of prison regulations to derive a liberty interest is “no more valid in the context of pretrial detainees”
• finding that 3 noncompliant meals out of 810 meals served to the plaintiff did not violate the First Amendment
• holding unavailability of pork-free meals on three out of 810 occasions constituted only a de minimis burden on prisoner’s religion and was not a violation of Free Exercise Clause

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