Legal Opinion
Selah v. Goord
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided April 4, 2003No. 9:00-cv-00644PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION & ORDER
McAVOY, District Judge.
Plaintiff Selam Selah (Plaintiff or Selah) brings this action challenging the New York State Department of Corrections (DOCS) policy of requiring mandatory tuberculosis skin tests of all inmates each year. Plaintiff contends that the DOCS policy violates his First Amendment Rights to free exercise of his chosen religion. Presently before this Court is Plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction preventing DOCS from administering the skin test to him during the pendency of this action.
This Court previously held in a Decision and Order dated January 2,…
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