Legal Opinion
Paul Jolly v. Thomas Coughlin, Robert Greifinger, John P. Keane, C. Greiner, S. Kapoor
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 7, 1996No. 922, Docket 95-2589PublishedCited by 556 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, a Rastafarian inmate at Attica Correctional Facility, claims that his religious convictions do not permit him to submit to a screening test for “latent” tuberculosis mandated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”). Under the tuberculosis (“TB”) control policy in effect at the time of the district court’s decision in this case, inmates who refused to submit to the test were placed in “medical keeplock” — ie., permitted to leave their cells only for one ten-minute shower per week. Medical keeplock is what the defendants…
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