Herbert Lee Hathcock, Jr. v. Jeffrey S. Cohen

Herbert Hatheock, a pro se state prisoner appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging defendants violated his right to the free exercise of his Islamic religion. After review, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Between July 21, 2004 and July 12, 2005, Hatheock was a pretrial detainee in jails operated by the Broward County Sheriffs Office (“BSO”). Defendant Rick Braswell is the BSO’s Jail Chaplain. Defendant Emilio Ponz is a Sergeant at the Joseph Conte Facility (“Conte”), a jail that housed Hatheock. Hatheock, a practicing Muslim, claims that, while in…