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MATTER OF SAPP v. JONES

105 A.D.2d 574 (1984)

In the Matter of John Sapp, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. E. W. Jones, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

October 25, 1984

Petitioner was an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility* when, on September 10, 1983, he was issued a misbehavior report for violating an institutional rule limiting prayer to inmates' living quarters and places designated for religious worship. Petitioner's defense was that, as a devout Sunni Muslim, he is obligated to pray five times a day at prescribed times, some of which occurred when inmates were not in their cells. Petitioner's defense...

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