Neal v. Lewis.U.S. District Court BOOKS PROPERTY Neal v. Lewis, 325 F.Supp.2d 1231 (D.Kan. 2004). A Shiite Muslim Noun 1. Shiite Muslim - a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs Shi'ite, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim, Shiite prisoner filed a pro se [section] 1983 alleging that prison officials interfered with his religious observance in violation of his constitutional rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the officials, finding they were entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to qualified immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine in United States law providing immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law. Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. . The court held that the policy of limiting prisoners to possession of twelve books, plus one dictionary and one thesaurus and the primary religious text for their declared religion, did not violate the prisoner's First Amendment or Equal Protection rights. The court also upheld the regulation requiring delivery of publications directly from the publisher. The court noted that both regulations served the internal security objective of controlling, managing and tracking property in the correctional facility, and that the regulations were applied to inmates irrespective of irrespective of prep. Without consideration of; regardless of. irrespective of preposition despite their religion. (El Dorado Correctional Facility The El Dorado Correctional Facility, or EDCF, is a maximum security prison located east of the town of El Dorado, Kansas. EDCF is home of the Kansas Department of Corrections Reception and Diagnostic Unit, or RDU, which processes every male inmate when they are received into , Kansas) |
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