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Cannon v. Mote

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 8, 2005No. 4-04-0222Published

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, William Cannon, Jr., a prisoner in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC), filed a mandamus complaint against defendants, certain DOC employees, alleging his right to religious freedom was violated when he was disciplined for refusing, on religious grounds, to take a certain tuberculosis (TB) test. Defendants’ motion to dismiss under section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2002)) was granted. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff was ordered by DOC staff to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. People v. AlbaneseIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Block v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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