Abdulmutallab v. Sessions | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

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Case Name	Abdulmutallab v. Sessions	PC-CO-0029
Docket / Court	1:17-cv-02493-KMT ( D. Colo. )
State/Territory	Colorado
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Free Exercise Clause

Freedom of speech/association

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

Discrimination-basis

Religion discrimination

General

Administrative segregation

Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students

Classification / placement

Conditions of confinement

Disciplinary procedures

Disciplinary segregation

Excessive force

Religious programs / policies

Solitary confinement/Supermax (conditions or process)

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Religious Freedom Rest. Act/Religious Land Use and Inst. Persons Act (RFRA/RLUIPA)

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Attorney General Jeff Sessions United States
Plaintiff Description	A Muslim prisoner sentenced to life in prison under the custody of the United States Penitentiary–Administrative Maximum in Florence, Colorado.
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	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

Docket(s)

1:17-cv-2493 (D. Colo.)
PC-CO-0029-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/08/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint for Injunctive Relief, Declaratory Relief, and Attorney's Fees [ECF# 1] PC-CO-0029-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/18/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 42] (D. Colo.) PC-CO-0029-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/08/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint for Injunctive Relief, Declaratory Relief, and Attorney's Fees [ECF# 76] PC-CO-0029-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/14/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Moore, Raymond Paul (D. Colo.) PC-CO-0029-9000 Tafoya, Kathleen M. (D. Colo.) [Magistrate] PC-CO-0029-0003 \| PC-CO-0029-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Johnson, Gail K. (Colorado) PC-CO-0029-0001 \| PC-CO-0029-0002 \| PC-CO-0029-9000
	Kapoor, Amy B. (Colorado) PC-CO-0029-0001 \| PC-CO-0029-9000
	Randolph, Aurora Lynn (Colorado) PC-CO-0029-0002 \| PC-CO-0029-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Moskowitz, David Z. (Colorado) PC-CO-0029-9000