Legal Opinion
Saunders-El v. Tsoulos
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 25, 1998No. 96 C 915PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LEINENWEBER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Omar Ameer Saunders-El, an inmate currently incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center, filed this pro se suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his right to participate in religious services. Saunders-El claims that Senior Chaplain James Tsoulos, Grievance Officer Debra Wilson, and Warden Keith Cooper denied him participation in Ramadan, a religious fast, while he was incarcerated at Joliet Correctional Center. Pursuant to this court’s order of March 17, 1997, only Saunders-El’s First Amendment free exercise claim…
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