Stovall v. Bennett

MEMORANDUM

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Jack David Stovall is an inmate at Fountain Correctional Center (“Fountain”) in Atmore, Alabama. On behalf of •approximately 101 other inmates who, in October, 1978, signed a petition requesting Mormon religious services in the prison, plaintiff brings this action alleging that their First Amendment rights to free speech and the free exercise of their religious beliefs have been violated. This action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the jurisdiction of the Court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Named as defendants are Larry Bennett,…