ELAM v. HENDERSON

No. 72-2819 Summary Calendar.

472 F.2d 582 (1973)

Roger ELAM et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. J. D. HENDERSON, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Elam, pro se.

James H. Moore, pro se.

Allen Spears, pro se.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Anthony M. Arnold, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case is brought by inmates of the federal penitentiary in Atlanta and involves an allegation that these petitioners, all black Muslims, are being deprived of their constitutional right to practice their religion by the prison authorities. The district court dismissed the inmates' petition holding that no substantial allegations of deprivation of the constitutional right to the free exercise of religion were presented. After careful consideration,...

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