Fawaad v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
In this pro se, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 appeal, state prisoner Mateen Fawaad argues that the Alabama Department of Corrections policy, requiring inmates to use both their religious names and their commitment names on all incoming and outgoing mail, violates his constitutional right to practice his religion freely under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (“RFRA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb-2000bb-4 (1994). Following a nonjury trial, the district court entered judgment for the prison officials and dismissed Fawaad’s complaint with prejudice, because the court determined that the prison officials…
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