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Summary Judgment for Michigan DOC Denied In Kosher Meal Suit

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet. Location: Michigan.

A Michigan federal district court ruled that the question of whether a prison's policy is a "less restrictive" means of determining a prisoner's religious sincerity before allowing a Kosher diet is a question of fact precluding summary judgment. Michigan state prisoner Gregory DuJardine filed a §1983 suit in 2007 alleging ...

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