FREEMAN v. ARPAIO

No. 96-15551.

125 F.3d 732 (1997)

Benjamin FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe ARPAIO, Sheriff; Officer York, Maricopa County Sheriffs Office Detention Officer; Officer Rodgers; Officer Steward; Officer Tipton; Officer Vard; Officer Keaton; Maricopa County Sheriffs Office Detention Officers; Sgt. Greening, aka Greeny, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Mansfield, Belin, Harris, Lamson & McCormick, Des Moines, IA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Susan Sherwin, Deputy County Attorney, Office of Maricopa County Attorney, Phoenix, AZ; Janis M. Haug, Deputy County Attorney of Counsel, Office of Maricopa County Attorney; John W. Paulsen, Deputy County Attorney, Office of Maricopa County Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees.

Before: CHOY and HALL, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Arizona state prisoner Benjamin Freeman appeals the district court's summary judgment dismissal in favor of prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. On June 20, 1994, Freeman, a Muslim, filed a complaint pro se against officials of Maricopa County Jail ("defendants") alleging that his constitutional rights to free exercise of religion and equal protection were violated because he was not allowed to practice his religion and was discriminated...

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