HASAN JAMAL ABDUL MAJID v. HENDERSON

No. 75-CV-341.

533 F.Supp. 1257 (1982)

HASAN JAMAL ABDUL MAJID, a/k/a Ronald Burgin, Abdul Ash Ahahid, a/k/a Raymond Franklin, Hasan Abdul Haqq, a/k/a John Ebbs, Muhammad Rahman, a/k/a El Bean, inmates of Auburn Correctional Facility individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Robert HENDERSON, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility; and Benjamin Ward, Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. New York.

March 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Soc. Prisoners' Rights Project, New York City, for plaintiffs; William E. Hellerstein, Ellen E. Levine, Dori A. Lewis, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., of the State of N. Y., Albany, N. Y., for defendants; James G. McSparron, Asst. Atty. Gen. In Charge, David B. Roberts, Daniel L. Saxe, Asst. Attys. Gen., Albany, N. Y., of counsel.


MUNSON, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION

The plaintiff class of Sunni Muslim inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility seeks to enjoin the transfer of their religious leader, or Imam, Shuaib Abdur Raheem. The plaintiffs claim that Mr. Raheem is being transferred in retaliation for the practice and advocacy by Raheem of religious liberties and of access to courts. Additionally, the plaintiffs contend that the disciplinary placement of Mr. Raheem in the...

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