Legal Opinion

Sasnett v. Department of Corrections

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Decided June 23, 1995No. 94-C-052-CPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb. Plaintiffs are Wisconsin state prisoners who challenge several internal management procedures, emergency rules and permanent administrative rules regulating the types and amounts of personal property they may possess while in prison. They contend that the enforcement of these procedures and rules violates their constitutional rights to due process, of access to the courts, to equal protection under the law and of…

2Cases cited65 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Tilton v. MarshallTexas Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Sylvester Sasnett, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, and United States of America, Intervening v. Michael J. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  3. Hamilton v. SchriroCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  4. State Ex Rel. Anstey v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Stuart Circle Parish v. Board of Zoning AppealsDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996

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