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Coleman v. Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION
Sep 24, 2012
CASE NO. 2:09-cv-0311-TMH WO (M.D. Ala. Sep. 24, 2012)

Summary

finding that prisoner had "failed to demonstrate that the occasional interruption of religious ceremonies unduly burdened his ability to engage in the free exercise of his religion."

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Opinion

CASE NO. 2:09-cv-0311-TMH WO

09-24-2012

JOHN STEPHEN COLEMAN, #223809, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD ALLEN, et al., Defendants.


ORDER

After an independent review of the file, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT and DECREE of the court that:

1. The petitioner's objection (Doc. #58) to the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge filed on September 19, 2012 is overruled;

2. The Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Doc. #56) filed on September 7, 2012 is adopted;

3. The defendants' motion for summary judgment (Doc. #24) is GRANTED.

4. The costs of this proceeding is taxed against the plaintiff, for which execution may issue.

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TRUMAN M. HOBBS

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Coleman v. Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION
Sep 24, 2012
CASE NO. 2:09-cv-0311-TMH WO (M.D. Ala. Sep. 24, 2012)

finding that prisoner had "failed to demonstrate that the occasional interruption of religious ceremonies unduly burdened his ability to engage in the free exercise of his religion."

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adopting recommendation by the Honorable Susan Russ Walker, 2012 WL 4378086, at *8 (M.D. Ala. Sept. 7, 2012) (Native American inmate failed to show tobacco ban at Easterling violates the First Amendment)

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In Coleman, the court rejected an Easterling inmate's similar complaint that prison officials violated his First Amendment rights when guards interrupted Native American religious services to move other, segregated inmates.

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In Coleman, the undersigned determined that prison officials "demonstrated that limited tobacco use in the Native American community at Easterling was unsuccessful and created security issues."

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Case details for

Coleman v. Allen

Case Details

Full title:JOHN STEPHEN COLEMAN, #223809, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD ALLEN, et al.…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION

Date published: Sep 24, 2012

Citations

CASE NO. 2:09-cv-0311-TMH WO (M.D. Ala. Sep. 24, 2012)

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