SHARP v. SIGLER

Nos. 19179, 19180, 19200, 19201.

408 F.2d 966 (1969)

Alvin Allen SHARP, Appellant, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Warden, Appellee. Charles E. McCLELLAND, Appellant, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Warden, Appellee. William E. YATES, Appellant, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Warden, Appellee. Thomas Arthur DAVIS, Appellant, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

March 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Burt, Lincoln, Neb., for Charles E. McClelland.

Gary G. Thompson, Lincoln, Neb., for William Edward Yates.

Robert L. Anderson, Lincoln, Neb., for Thomas Arthur Davis.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen. of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Harold Mosher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before BLACKMUN, GIBSON and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

The four plaintiff-appellants, each of whom is a convicted felon and an inmate of the Maximum Security Unit of the Nebraska Penal Complex, by these actions seek the pronouncement of their right to participate in corporate worship with the general population of the prison. They assert that they have been denied the free exercise of their religion guaranteed by the First Amendment.

The four prepared separate handwritten petitions. These...

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