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Utah Prisoner Awarded $200 for Violation of Religious Rights
Loaded on June 5, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2014, page 32
Filed under:
Religious Discrimination,
RLUIPA,
Publications/Books,
Religious Diet,
Religious Practices.
Location:
Utah.
Utah Prisoner Awarded $200 for Violation of Religious Rights
A federal district court awarded $200 to a Utah prisoner who sued on the grounds that prison officials interfered with his right to freely exercise his religion. However, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed part of the prisoner’s appeal because ...
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