ABDULLAH v. KINNISON

No. 83-3326.

769 F.2d 345 (1985)

Azim ABDULLAH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lt. KINNISON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.P. Anninos, Simon, Anninos & Namanworth Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank F. Pertz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond J. Studer, argued, Columbus, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before ENGEL and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and WISEMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants Azim Abdullah (Azim) and Abdullah Akbar (Akbar) appeal the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granting summary judgment for the appellees, who are officers of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. The primary issue remaining in this section 1983 case concerns the constitutionality of a prison directive restricting prisoners' use of white Hanafi Muslim prayer robes to the prison chapel.

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