UDEY v. KASTNER

No. 85-2791.

805 F.2d 1218 (1986)

Ed UDEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. B.C. KASTNER, Warden, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. David Freeze (court-appointed), Texarkana, Ark., for petitioner-appellant.

Ed Udey, pro se.

Christopher Erlewine, Dallas, Tex., Bob Wortham, U.S. Atty., Dane Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Martin C. Carlson, Victor D. Stone, Washington, D.C., for respondents-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Edwin Udey filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas under the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Udey, a prisoner in the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, asked to be provided with a diet consistent with his sincerely held religious beliefs; he primarily requested organically grown produce washed...

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