Filed Date: May 4, 2006
Closed Date: 2006
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On May 4, 2006, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice, challenging the constitutionality of single-faith re-entry programs in federal penitentiaries. The Complaint alleged that the Bureau's ongoing 18-month Life Connections Program, and attempts to expand that program to include "single faith" programs, violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
On September 13, 2006, the District Court (Judge John C. Shabaz) denied the defendants' motion to sever any claim relating to the Office of Management and Budget from the lawsuit.
Subsequent to the filing of the Complaint, the Bureau announced that it was canceling its plan to set up "single faith" programs in federal penitentiaries.
The parties entered a stipulation to dismiss the case without prejudice on November 9, 2006.
Summary Authors
Dan Dalton (2/17/2007)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12275634/parties/freedom-from-religion-foundation-inc-v-gonzales-alberto-r/
Easterbrook, Frank Hoover (Illinois)
Evans, Terence Thomas (Wisconsin)
Flaum, Joel Martin (Illinois)
Bolton, Richard L. (Wisconsin)
Herje, Leslie K. (Wisconsin)
Easterbrook, Frank Hoover (Illinois)
Evans, Terence Thomas (Wisconsin)
Flaum, Joel Martin (Illinois)
Kanne, Michael Stephen (Indiana)
Manion, Daniel Anthony (Indiana)
Posner, Richard Allen (Illinois)
Ripple, Kenneth Francis (Indiana)
Rovner, Ilana Kara Diamond (Illinois)
Shabaz, John C. (Wisconsin)
Sykes, Diane S. (Wisconsin)
Williams, Ann Claire (Illinois)
Wood, Diane Pamela (Illinois)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12275634/freedom-from-religion-foundation-inc-v-gonzales-alberto-r/
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State / Territory: Wisconsin
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Filing Date: May 4, 2006
Closing Date: 2006
Case Ongoing: No
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Plaintiff Description:
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. whose purpose is to protect the fundamental constitutional principle of separation of church and state by representing and advocating on behalf of its members
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Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
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Federal Bureau of Prisons , Federal
Department of Justice, Federal
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Ex Parte Young (Federal) or Bivens
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