Legal Opinion
Campos v. Coughlin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 3, 1994No. 94 Civ. 1057 (SS)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, two inmates in the New York State prison system, are followers and practitioners of the Santería religion who are challenging a recently implemented directive of the Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”)- 1 Plaintiffs seek injunctive and monetary relief for constitutional and statutory violations caused by the directive which prohibits prisoners from wearing certain religious artifacts, including plaintiffs’ religious beads. 2 In the instant motion before me, plaintiffs seek an injunction requiring DOCS to return their confiscated…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Muhammad v. City of New York Dept. of CorrectionsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Sasnett v. Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1995
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