Legal Opinion
Al-Alamin v. Gramley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 6, 1991No. 89-3381PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, three Muslim inmates incarcerated at the Dixon Correctional Center (Dixon) in Dixon, Illinois, instituted this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against various officers at Dixon and state officials for alleged deprivations of their religious freedoms as guaranteed by the first amendment. The plaintiffs sought damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. After a bench trial, the district court awarded plaintiffs one dollar in damages and further ordered Michael P. Lane, the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, to submit to the…
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