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Remand Ordered in Prisoner's Religious Rights Case

By Shari Allison

Abdulhaseeb v. Calbone, 2010 WL 1254350 (4/2/10) (Published) - The 10th reverses summary judgment in favor of Oklahoma prison officials because there was a genuine issue of material fact whether, in violation of RLUIPA, the prison had substantially burdened the plaintiff's Muslim religious beliefs by refusing to provide him with a halal diet that includes meats, but only offering non-pork and vegetarian meals . The question was not whether the restriction substantially burdened the religious exercise of any Muslim practitioner, but whether it substantially burdened the plaintiff's sincerely held religious beliefs. It didn't matter whether the halal meal was central to the plaintiff's religion and neither the court nor the prison was qualified to say the diets offered should satisfy the plaintiff's religious beliefs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on April 06, 2010 (boomark / email).