UDEY v. KASTNER

No. TX-85-175-CA.

644 F.Supp. 1441 (1986)

Edwin C. UDEY, Petitioner, v. D.C. KASTNER, Warden, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Texarkana Division.

September 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Dodson, Texarkana, Ark., for petitioner.

Dane Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Martin Carlson U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


HALL, District Judge.

Today this Court must decide whether the federal prison system is constitutionally required to provide Petitioner Edwin Udey with an "organic diet". Udey contends that he must be fed the proscribed fare because his diet is mandated by sincere religious beliefs. U.S. CONST. amend. I (free exercise clause).

On November 1, 1985, this Court adopted the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Harry W. McKee which concluded...

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