Hawa Abdi JAMA, n/k/a Hali Hashi Egal; Jeyakumar Anantharajah; Abu Bakar; Cecilia Kou Jeffrey; Abraham Kenneth; Shamimu Nanteza; Dennis Raji; Agatha Serwaa; and Sarah Tetteh Yower
v.
ESMOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC., n/k/a Correctional Services Corporation; James Slattery; Aaron Speisman; Willard Stovall; John Lima; Diane McClure; Estate of Richard Staley and Philip Johnson Esmor Correctional Services, Inc., and John Lima, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 20, 2009.
Filed: August 12, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James C. Owens, Esq, Virginia A. Seitz, Esq., Frank R. Volpe, Esq., Rebecca K. Wood, Esq. [Argued], Sidley Austin, Washington, DC, Larry S. Reich, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY, for Appellants, Esmor Correctional Services, Inc., n/k/a Correctional Services Corporation; and John Lima.
Drew Dorman, Esq., Derek S. Tarson, Esq., Justin P. Smith, Esq. [Argued], Mary Beth Hogan, Esq., Alison J. Page, Esq., W. Barton Patterson, Esq., Erica Davila, Esq., Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, Frank Askin, Esq., Rutgers University, Constitutional Law Clinic, Penny Venetis, Esq. [Argued], Rutgers University, Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Newark, NJ, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Hawa Abdi Jama, n/k/a Hali Hashi Egal; Jeyakumar Anantharajah; Abu Bakar; Cecilia Kou Jeffrey; Abraham Kenneth; Shamimu Nanteza; Dennis Raji; Agatha Serwaa; Sarah Tetteh Yower.
Before: RENDELL and GARTH, Circuit Judges, and VANASKIE, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Hawa Abdi Jama1 was detained as an illegal immigrant at a detention center run by Esmor Correctional Services, Inc. ("Esmor"). Jama sued Esmor and certain of its officers and employees, including facility administrator John Lima, for violating her rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq., and on tort theories. The...
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