Schreiber v. Ault.U.S. Appeals Court FREE EXERCISE BLOOD TESTS Schreiber v. Ault, 280 F.3d 891 (8th Cir. 2002). An inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that state prison officials violated his civil rights when they failed to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose his medical blood samples in a manner consistent with his religious beliefs. The district court found no violation and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that while the inmate presented a valid free exercise claim, there was a valid, rational connection between the officials' penological pe·nol·o·gy also poe·nol·o·gy n. The study, theory, and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation. [Latin poena, penalty (from Greek concerns for public health and safety and their refusal to dispose of the inmate's blood sample as the inmate had demanded. The inmate was a practicing Jehovah's Witness Jehovah's Witness Member of an international religious movement founded in Pittsburgh, Pa., by Charles T. Russell in 1872. The movement was originally known as the International Bible Students Association, but its name was changed by Russell's successor, Joseph Franklin who believed that after his blood had been tested it should be returned to the earth by pouring it on the ground and covering it with dust. The inmate based his belief on the biblical Old Testament scripture, but his interpretation went beyond the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. . (Iowa State Prison) |
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