Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 18, 1990No. Nos. 501, 502, Dockets 89-2265(L), 89-2267PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, Rastafarian inmates in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Stanton, J.) rejecting claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), that various regulations and policies of DOCS violate their first amendment right to free exercise of their religion and their fourteenth amendment right to equal protection of the laws. Benjamin v. Coughlin, 708 F.Supp. 570 (S.D.N.Y.1989). Specifically, the district court…
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