'Deliberate, Repeated, and Unjustified Interference' by Correctional Officers Violated Muslim Prisoner's Rights, Says 3rd Circuit
According to the court, "the unrebutted evidence at this juncture shows that the defendants were deliberately trying to disrupt Mack's prayers and so to pressure him to give up a central practice of his faith; no justification for that bigoted behavior has even been attempted."
March 24, 2023 at 10:37 AM
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Civil AppealsThe original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
In reviewing a case for the fourth time, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated a lower court's granting of summary judgment to corrections officers based on qualified immunity.
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