Mohamed v. 1st Class Staffing, LLC

JAMES L. GRAHAM, United States District Judge

This religious accommodation suit stems from the decision of defendant employer Jacobson Warehouse Company, Inc. to cease allowing Muslim employees to use an area of the production floor for daily prayers during break times. Muslim employees had prayed in the otherwise empty and unused area for several years until Jacobson expanded its production lines. Jacobson converted the area into a space where it kept inventory and used forklifts.

Plaintiffs do not dispute Jacobson's right to convert the space for business purposes,1 but they challenge…