Pleasant-Bey v. State of Tennessee, Secretary of State

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION BOAZ PLEASANT-BEY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:19-cv-00486 ) Judge Trauger STATE OF TENNESSEE, et al., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM Boaz Pleasant-Bey, an inmate at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville, Tennessee, filed this pro se civil rights action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a). The complaint names seven defendants: the State of Tennessee, CoreCivic America, Warden Russell Washburn, Chaplain Jon Shonebarger, the Tennessee…