Moussazadeh v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

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Case Name	Moussazadeh v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice	PC-TX-0018
Docket / Court	3:07-CV-574 ( S.D. Tex. )
Additional Docket(s)	9:04-cv-5 [ 04-5 ]
State/Territory	Texas
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	DOJ Civil Rights Division Statements of Interest
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Free Exercise Clause

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Religion discrimination

General

Religious programs / policies

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Religious Freedom Rest. Act/Religious Land Use and Inst. Persons Act (RFRA/RLUIPA)

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Texas
Plaintiff Description	Jewish inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Filing Year	2007
Case Closing Year	2017
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources

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	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

3:07-cv-574 (S.D. Tex.)
PC-TX-0018-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/10/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-TX-0018-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/12/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion on Dismissal [ECF# 135] (2009 WL 819497) (S.D. Tex.) PC-TX-0018-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 03/26/2009 Source: Westlaw
Opinion (364 Fed.Appx. 110) PC-TX-0018-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 02/05/2010 Source: Westlaw
Statement of Interest of The United States PC-TX-0018-0001.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 04/08/2011 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section
Opinion on Remand [ECF# 223] (2011 WL 4376482) (S.D. Tex.) PC-TX-0018-0006.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 09/20/2011 Source: Westlaw
Opinion (703 F.3d 781) PC-TX-0018-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012 Source: Google Scholar
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas [Ct. of App. ECF# 236] PC-TX-0018-0009.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion (709 F.3d 487) PC-TX-0018-0008.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 02/20/2013 Source: Google Scholar
Order [ECF# 242] (2014 WL 897928) (S.D. Tex.) PC-TX-0018-0007.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 03/06/2014 Source: Westlaw

People

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Judges	Barksdale, Rhesa Hawkins (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0008 Dennis, James L. (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0003 Hanks, George Carol Jr. (S.D. Tex.) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Harmon, Melinda (S.D. Tex.) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0004 \| PC-TX-0018-0006 \| PC-TX-0018-0007 Jolly, E. Grady (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0003 \| PC-TX-0018-0008 King, Carolyn Dineen (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0008 Smith, Jerry Edwin (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0005 \| PC-TX-0018-0008
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bagenstos, Samuel R. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0001 Croft, William Scott (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Donnelly, Matthew J. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0001 \| PC-TX-0018-9000 Gardner, Allen M. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0002 \| PC-TX-0018-9000 Gaubatz, Derek L. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0002 \| PC-TX-0018-9000 Goodrich, Luke W. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Knapp, James C. Jr. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Lee, Ronald H. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Murchison, Matthew Todd (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Mygatt, Timothy D (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0001 Palmer, David Paul (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Perez, Thomas E. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0001 Rassbach, Eric C (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0002 \| PC-TX-0018-9000 Robinson, Anne Wylde (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Smith, Jonathan Mark (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-0001
Defendant's Lawyers	Cunniff, Celamine (Texas) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Gardner, M. Carol (Texas) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Moran, Nathaniel Q. (Texas) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000 Ward, George Baxter IV (Texas) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000
Other Lawyers	Rifkin, Lori Ellen (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-TX-0018-9000

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