Legal Opinion

Benford v. Wright

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided December 20, 1991No. 89 C 5240PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is motion of Robert Wright, Ronald Fleming, V. Covin Russell, Michael O’Leary, Daniel Scott, Frank Mussatto, Jack Rivera, Adriane Barber, Nancy Ferguson, William H. Scoffield, Officer Carr 1 (“defendants”) for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c). For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Lonnie Benford, is an inmate at the Stateville Correctional facility in Joliet, Illinois. Plaintiff is of the Islamic faith. April 1989, was the holy time of the year for Islam — Ramadan. During this time, no…

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  4. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by2 opinions

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  2. Gavin v. McGinnisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994

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