Borzych v. Frank.U.S. District Court EQUAL PROTECTION ARTICLES Borzych v. Frank, 340 F.Supp.2d 955 (W.D. Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. . 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights action against prison officials. The district court held that the prisoner stated a First Amendment claim with his allegation The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove. If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a that the prison officials denied him a copy of an Odinist text, without which he was unable to practice his religion. But the court found that the prisoner could not maintain a claim based on the allegation that he was not allowed to have a copy of a catalogue in which items related to Wiccanism, Satanism Satanism. The cult of Satan, or Satan worship, is in part a survival of the ancient worship of demons and in part a revolt against Christianity or the church. It rose about the 12th cent. and Odinism were sold, where the prisoner did not allege To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a Pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation. allege v. or suggest that he either used or needed a copy of the catalogue in order to practice his Odinist religion. The court held that the prisoner stated an equal protection claim by alleging that, unlike Christian and Muslim inmates, officials discriminated against him by refusing to let him have a copy of the central text of his religion. (Secure Program Facility, Wisconsin Wisconsin, state, United States Wisconsin (wĭskŏn`sən, –sĭn), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee ) |
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