Saturday, September 17, 2011

Seventh Circuit -- Mondrea Vinning-El v. John Evans

Where prisoner requests vegan diet that he claims is required by his interpretation of his faith, a chaplain who finds the request to be not credible is granted qualified immunity if he made the decision by gauging the prisoner's sincerity, but not if he based it on his interpretation of the religion.

Mondrea Vinning-El v. John Evans
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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