Legal Opinion
Harris v. Wall
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 18, 2016No. C.A. No. 16-080 SPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
William E. Smith, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff James Harris, an inmate at the Adult Correctional Institutions (“ACI”), is challenging a Rhode Island Department of Corrections (“RIDOC”) policy that allows him to wear his religious head covering only when he is in his cell or when he is attending religious services. (Compl. 4, ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff, a Sunni Muslim, is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that he be allowed to wear a kufi without restriction throughout the ACI. (Mot. for TRO & Prelim. Inj. 1, ECF No. 3.) Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan held a…
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