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AZEEZ v. FAIRMAN

No. 85-1330.

795 F.2d 1296 (1986)

Qaid Rafeeq AZEEZ and Abdullah Muhammad, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James W. FAIRMAN, warden, John E. Wright, asst. warden, and A. Dodge, # 120 (C.O.), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Frazier, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Jamie Kittel, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Qaid Rafeeq Azeez and Abdullah Muhammad, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the warden and other officials of the Pontiac Correctional Center, which is Illinois' maximum-security prison, charging that the defendants had deprived the plaintiffs of their religious freedom by refusing to recognize their Islamic names. After a bench trial the district judge ruled in favor...

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