Legal Opinion
Duane Joseph Smith v. Thomas E. Hundley Paul Hedgepeth James G. Helling Vande Krol, as Chaplain
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1999No. 98-3522PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Inmate Duane Joseph Smith brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action against prison officials 1 at the Iowa State Penitentiary (defendants) and the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) 2 seeking injunctive and declaratory relief on the grounds that defendants violated his First Amendment rights by denying him items for the practice of his Seax-Wicca faith. Following a trial before a magistrate judge, 3 Smith’s claim for in-junctive relief was denied on the ground that Smith was no longer incarcerated at ISP. However, the magistrate judge granted declaratory relief. On appeal,…
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