Legal Opinion
Beasley v. Konteh
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided June 8, 2006No. 3:05 CV 7262PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARR, Chief Judge.
This is a civil liberties case. Plaintiff Ralph Beasley is a convicted murderer serving a prison term in the Toledo Correctional Institution (ToCI) in Lucas County, Ohio. Beasley contends that defendants, Khelleh Konteh, warden of ToCI, and Reginald A. Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), are preventing him from converting to Orthodox Judaism.
Beasley claims Konteh’s actions interfere with his right to practice religion and therefore violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and a statute protecting religious…
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