CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
After refusing on religious grounds to clean pork off food trays, plaintiff, a prisoner at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, was held in segregated confinement for nine months. He filed suit contending that the punishment was excessive. After numerous trials and appeals, this court determined that defendants — officials at the prison — had violated plaintiff's eighth amendment rights. On remand, the district court for...
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