ROSS v. BLACKLEDGE

No. 73-1314.

477 F.2d 616 (1973)

Daniel ROSS et al., Appellants, v. Dr. Stanley BLACKLEDGE et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Ross, pro se.

Jacob L. Safron, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge:

Six North Carolina prisoners, who are members of the Islamic, a Black Muslim faith, seek injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 to compel prison authorities to provide them with the pork-free diet required by the tenets of their religious faith. They allege that they cannot obtain a balanced diet by eating only non-pork items because of the frequency with which pork appears as the only meat on the prison...

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