Legal Opinion
Idris Ibrahim Siddiqi v. Spencer Leak, in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 1989No. 88-2123PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Idris Ibrahim Siddiqi (“Siddiqi”) was confined at the Cook County Jail (“Jail”) for four months in 1985. During that time Siddiqi, who is a Muslim, was unable to attend Muslim services in the Jail. Siddiqi filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Phillip T. Hardi-man, then Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections (“Director”) denied Siddiqi his free exercise rights under the first amendment, as applied to the states through the fourteenth amendment. At trial, the jury returned a verdict for the…
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