CHAPMAN v. KLEINDIENST

No. 74-1218.

507 F.2d 1246 (1974)

Edward Joseph X. CHAPMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard KLEINDIENST et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Crawford Geraghty, Northwestern Legal Assistance, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., William C. Evers, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Edward Joseph X. Chapman, a prisoner at Marion Federal Penitentiary, brought this pro se civil rights action against various federal prison officials1 as a result of his extended confinement in punitive segregation at the institution. Chapman alleged that his placement in segregation for his refusal to handle pork, motivated by his observance of what he contends is a basic tenet of his Black Muslim religion, during kitchen...

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