Legal Opinion
Howard v. United States
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 7, 1994No. Civ. A. 92 N 1515PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NOTTINGHAM, District Judge.
This case involves a prisoner’s right, under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, to pursue certain religious practices and rituals. Robert James Howard is an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute at Englewood (“FCI Englewood”) in Littleton, Colorado. He is a self-proclaimed Satanist. He brought this lawsuit in a effort to obtain time, space, and implements to perform his religious rituals. Prison officials categorically denied his requests.
In response to plaintiffs request for a hearing, I held a lengthy evidentiary…
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