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Case Name	Muhammad v. Terhune	PC-NJ-0014
Docket / Court	2:95-CV-00942 ( D.N.J. )
State/Territory	New Jersey
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Post-PLRA Jail and Prison Private Settlement Agreements
Attorney Organization	ACLU Affiliates (any)
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Free Exercise Clause

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Religion discrimination

General

Food service / nutrition / hydration

Religious programs / policies

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Case Details


Defendant(s)	East Jersey State Prison
Plaintiff Description	Muslim inmates at East Jersey State Prison
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Affiliates (any)
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	Yes
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Filed	06/15/1999
Case Closing Year	2003
Case Ongoing	No

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Documents


Court	Docket(s)
D.N.J. 03/01/1995	2:95-cv-00942-NHP PC-NJ-0014-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
	General Documents
not recorded	ACLU Press Release PC-NJ-0014-0001.pdf \| Detail
U.S. Court of Appeals 10/02/2002	Table Opinion (49 Fed.Appx. 391) PC-NJ-0014-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: Westlaw

People


Judges	Politan, Nicholas H. (D.N.J.) show/hide docs PC-NJ-0014-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Barocas, Edward (New Jersey) show/hide docs PC-NJ-0014-0001