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· 9/8/2000

Robert Perry Dehart v. Martin Horn, Commissioner of Corrections James S. Price, Supeintendent of Sci Greene United States of America

Citations

  • 227 F.3d 47
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 23255
  • 2000 WL 1280970

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that court must consider whether the inmate has “alternate means of practicing his or her religion generally, not whether [the] inmate has alternative means of engaging in [any] particular practice.”
  • stating that court should consider impact on inmate’s religious exercise in light of inmate’s sincere belief in practice at issue and availability of “alternative means of practicing his or her religion generally”
  • explaining that “two threshold requirements” must be met before particular beliefs will be afforded protection under the First Amendment, and they are that: (1) the beliefs are sincerely held; and (2
  • examining whether a prison regulation prohibiting a Buddhist inmate from following a vegetarian diet was justified by \legitimate and neutral concerns\ under Turner
  • examining whether a prison regulation prohibiting a Buddhist inmate from following a vegetarian diet was justified by “legitimate and neutral concerns” under Turner
  • examining whether a prison regulation prohibiting a Buddhist inmate from following a vegetarian diet was justified by “legitimate and neutral concerns” under Turner

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Judges: Alito, Becker, Green, Greenberg, Mansmann, McKEE, Nygaard, Rendell, Roth, Scirica, Sloviter, Stapleton

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