SIDDIQI v. LEAK

No. 88-2123.

880 F.2d 904 (1989)

Idris Ibrahim SIDDIQI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Spencer LEAK, in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dale, Kenneth Flaxman, Kenneth N. Flaxman, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph D. Ryan, Asst. State's Atty., Federal Litigation Unit, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Idris Ibrahim Siddiqi ("Siddiqi") was confined at the Cook County Jail ("Jail") for four months in 1985. During that time Siddiqi, who is a Muslim, was unable to attend Muslim services in the Jail. Siddiqi filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Phillip T. Hardiman, then Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections ("Director") denied Siddiqi his free exercise rights under...

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