Marcus B. Harris v. Walter Heinrich, David M. Parrish, Benny Baker

Marcus Harris, a Florida prisoner, filed a pro se § 1983 action alleging a violation of his first amendment right to freely exercise his religion. Harris claimed that the prison officials did not accommodate his requests for Islamic religious services, observance of the Islamic fasting holiday period, and Islamic religious literature. For relief, he sought damages and an injunction requiring the defendants to establish an Islamic service.

The district court found that Harris was not denied a reasonable opportunity to pursue his faith compared to the opportunity afforded fellow prisoners to…