MUHAMMAD v. LYNAUGH

No. 91-4425 Summary Calendar.

966 F.2d 901 (1992)

Al Aswad T.A. MUHAMMAD, a/k/a Alvin Jones, and Jihaad A.M.E. Saahir, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jihaad A.M.E. Saahir, pro se.

Aswad T.A. Muhammad, pro se.

Louis V. Carrillo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, HIGGINBOTHAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Al Aswad T.A. Muhammad and Jihaad A.M.E. Saahir appeal the dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit. Finding no error we affirm.

Background

Muhammad and Saahir, inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they were being denied their constitutional right to exercise religious freedom.

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