Legal Opinion
Donald Lee Childs v. Jack Duckworth, Sally Wenzel, and Robert Bronnenberg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 1983No. 81-1496PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*918BARTELS, Senior District Judge.
Donald Childs, an inmate at the Indiana State Prison and an alleged member of the satanic church,1 appeals from an order of the district court for the Northern District of Indiana (South Bend Division) denying him injunctive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three prison officials who had denied him the right to practice his professed religious beliefs and, in connection therewith, to receive certain religious articles, and from the court’s refusal to appoint counsel. The district court held that Childs’ beliefs do not constitute a religion…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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