Legal Opinion
Derrick Maye v. Paul Klee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2019No. 18-1460PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLE, Chief Judge.
Eid al-Fitr is one of two annual religious feasts central to the Islamic faith. Michigan Department of Corrections ("MDOC") officials twice prevented Muslim inmate Derrick Maye from participating in Eid. In 2013, Chaplain Joseph Serafin told Maye he could only attend Eid if he changed his religion from Nation of Islam to Al-Islam. And according to Maye's deposition testimony, Chaplain William Taylor denied his request to participate in Eid in 2014 without offering any justification for doing so.
Maye brought a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that Serafin and…
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