Legal Opinion
Rabah Muhammad Ali, A/K/A Robert Lee Thacker v. Gary T. Dixon, Gene T. Cousins
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1990No. 89-6505PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted summary judgment for defendant prison officials against the plaintiff, Rabah Muhammad Ali, a Muslim inmate who had alleged that certain prison practices violated his free exercise of religion rights under the first amendment. Ali has appealed.
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Ali converted to Islam after he began serving his sentence at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. Upon his conversion, Ali adopted his new name as a replacement for Robert Thacker, the name under which he had been committed. His name change is official under North Carolina law. At the time of…
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