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BURGIN v. HENDERSON

No. 845, Docket 75-2144.

536 F.2d 501 (1976)

Ronald BURGIN a/k/a Hasan Jamal Abdul Majid, Billy Sandpiper a/k/a Abdul Wali, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert J. HENDERSON, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility, and Benjamin Ward, Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Mushlin, New York City (The Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Project, William E. Hellerstein, Joel Berger, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joan P. Scannell, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N.Y., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, FEINBERG and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, who state that they are Sunni (orthodox) Muslims, claim that they are denied the right to practice their religion at the Auburn Correctional Facility, where they are inmates. In March 1975, they brought an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York seeking declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief against appellees Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent of the prison, and Benjamin Ward, Commissioner...

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