Legal Opinion
Moskowitz v. Wilkinson
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 25, 1977No. Civ. B-77-55PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
Philip Moskowitz is an Orthodox Jewish prisoner incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury. For religious reasons he declines to remove his beard, and is therefore in violation of the current policies of the Bureau of Prisons and F.C.I., Danbury, which now absolutely prohibit beards. 1 Petitioner has been the subject of four disciplinary proceedings for his violation of the no-beard policy. On each of these occasions the Institution Disciplinary Committee ordered that seven days of statutory good time be forfeited. On the last…
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- Jerry Teterud v. Kevin J. Burns, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of the Department of Social Services for the State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Nevin Mawhinney v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Peter Preiser, Commissioner of Corrections, and Norris, LieutenantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Kareem Abdul Jihaad A/K/A Mitchell X. Robinson, Jr., Cross v. Joseph O'brien, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Anthony W. Martinelli, Cross-Appellant v. Richard L. Dugger, Mrs. Ana Gispert, Cross-Appellees, Lt. T. Mowery, Sgt. E. SavoiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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