Legal Opinion
Dawud Halisi Malik v. Neal Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1994No. 91-36320PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Dawud Halisi Malik brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging that prison officials violated his statutory and constitutional rights by refusing to process mail and documents in which the plaintiff used his religious name. Plaintiff claims he was subjected to disciplinary action for using his religious name in addition to his committed name. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant prison officials, and Malik appeals. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse and remand.
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Malik was committed to the…
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