Legal Opinion
Wares v. Simmons
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided October 31, 2007No. Case 00-3393-SACPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAM A. CROW, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff is a prisoner who has brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of the Fifth Amendment and the free exercise clause of the First Amendment arising from defendant’s prohibition on plaintiffs possession of certain religious texts. This case comes before the court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff opposes the motion.
Summary Judgment Standards
On summary judgment, the initial burden is with the movant to point out the portions of the record which show that the movant is entitled to judgment as…
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