Legal Opinion
Al-Ra'id v. Ingle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1995No. 12-50800PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Adisa Al-Ra’id appeals a summary judgment for the defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action involving a confiscation of his religious materials. We affirm.
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Al-Ra’id, a Muslim prisoner in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”), filed a complaint in state court against unit chaplain Thomas J. Ingle, Jr., and Islamic chaplain Eugene Farooq. Al-Ra’id alleged that on May 9, 1993, the defendants confiscated some of his Islamic religious materials, depriving him of his right freely to practice his religion because of his race and religious beliefs.
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