CHAPMAN v. PICKETT

No. 77-1859.

586 F.2d 22 (1978)

Edward Joseph X. CHAPMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George PICKETT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane C. Geraghty, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

David E. Worsley, Danville, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied January 11, 1979.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

In this case involving the constitutional rights of a federal prisoner, plaintiff-appellant Edward Joseph X. Chapman appeals the denial by the district court after a bench trial of his prayers for injunctive, declaratory, compensatory, and punitive relief. Chapman contends that defendants violated his First Amendment rights by punishing him for his refusal on religious grounds...

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