Filed Date: June 27, 1972
Closed Date: 1985
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On June 13,1978 two inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Ohio Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by the prison's regulations restricting the prisoners' use of white prayer robes to the prison chapel.
On April 6, 1983, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Judge Carl Rubin) granted summary judgment to the defendants, holding that the regulation in question was a permissible exercise of the discretion granted to prison officials to administer penal institutions and that their actions did not violate the inmates' constitutional rights. The plaintiffs appealed.
On July 30, 1985, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Judge Albert Engel, Judge Boyce Martin, and Judge Thomas Wiseman) affirmed the district court's decision, holding that the prison regulation did not violate the First Amendment rights of the inmates, and that the consent decree entered in another case ordering the State of Ohio to allow incarcerated Muslims to practice their religion was not violated by the regulation.
Summary Authors
Kristen Sagar (8/19/2007)
Engel, Albert Joseph (Michigan)
Kinneary, Joseph Peter (Ohio)
Martin, Boyce Ficklen Jr. (Kentucky)
Anninos, A.P. (Ohio)
Pertz, Frank F. (Ohio)
Engel, Albert Joseph (Michigan)
Kinneary, Joseph Peter (Ohio)
Martin, Boyce Ficklen Jr. (Kentucky)
Wiseman, Thomas Anderton Jr. (Tennessee)
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State / Territory: Ohio
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Key Dates
Filing Date: June 27, 1972
Closing Date: 1985
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Prison inmate challenging constitutionality of prison directive of restricting prisoners' use of white prayer robes to prison chapel
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Public Interest Lawyer: Unknown
Filed Pro Se: Unknown
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Ohio Department of Corrections, State
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, State
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Prevailing Party: Defendant
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Order Duration: 1983 - None
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