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Case Name	Dowl v. Williams	PC-AK-0002
Docket / Court	3:18-cv-00119-HRH ( D. Alaska )
State/Territory	Alaska
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
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

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Equal Protection

Free Exercise Clause

Content of Injunction

Preliminary relief granted

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Religion discrimination

General

Assault/abuse by staff

Conditions of confinement

Food service / nutrition / hydration

Language/ethnic/minority needs

Religious programs / policies

Totality of conditions

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Ex parte Young (federal or state officials)
Religious Freedom Rest. Act/Religious Land Use and Inst. Persons Act (RFRA/RLUIPA)

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Alaska Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Two practicing Muslim prisoners at the Anchorage Correctional Complex.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	Moot
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order
Source of Relief	Litigation
Order Duration	2018 - 2018
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	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)

3:18-cv-119 (D. Alaska)
PC-AK-0002-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 07/31/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-AK-0002-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/22/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 18] (2018 WL 2392498) (D. Alaska) PC-AK-0002-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 05/25/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint [ECF# 35] PC-AK-0002-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/06/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Holland, Hezekiah Russel (D. Alaska) PC-AK-0002-0002 \| PC-AK-0002-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Abbas, Gadeir Ibrahim (District of Columbia) PC-AK-0002-0001 \| PC-AK-0002-0003 \| PC-AK-0002-9000
	Homer, Carolyn M. (District of Columbia) PC-AK-0002-0003 \| PC-AK-0002-9000
	Masri, Lena Fatina (District of Columbia) PC-AK-0002-0001 \| PC-AK-0002-0003 \| PC-AK-0002-9000
	Mohamed, Ahmed M. (District of Columbia) PC-AK-0002-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Cicotte, Matthias (Alaska) PC-AK-0002-9000

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