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THERIAULT v. CARLSON

Nos. 72-2592, 73-1182, 73-2183. Summary Calendar.

495 F.2d 390 (1974)

Dr. Harry W. THERIAULT, Bishop, Church of the New Song of Universal Life, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants. v. Norman A. CARLSON, Director, Bureau of Prisons, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees (two cases). Dr. Harry W. THERIAULT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frederick SILBER, Director, U. S. Chaplain Service, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., P. Bruce Kirwan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Alan S. Rosenthal, William D. Appler, Dept. of Justice, Joseph S. Davies, Jr., App. Section, Crim.Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Norman A. Carlson and others.

Professor Phillip J. Mause, Iowa City, Iowa, for Dr. Harry W. Theriault and others; Dr. Harry W. Theriault, pro se.

William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Ronald F. Ederer, Ralph E. Harris, Asst. U. S. Attys., El Paso, Tex., Joseph S. Davies, Jr., App. Section, Crim.Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Frederick Silber and others.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 13, 1974.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

These three cases, consolidated for appeal, have as their central them the alleged deprivation by certain federal prison authorities of the constitutional rights of prison inmates to practice their religious faith, known as the "Church of the New Song" or the "Eclatarian" faith. Harry W. Theriault, a federal prison inmate now serving sentences at LaTuna, Texas for various convictions...

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