BROWN-EL v. HARRIS

No. 93-1541.

26 F.3d 68 (1994)

Keith BROWN-EL, Appellant, v. Charles HARRIS, Major; Gary Tune, Chaplain, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1994.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Oliver, Cape Girardeau, MO, argued (Jeffrey P. Hine, on the brief), for appellant.

John L. Lynch, St. Louis, MO, argued (Joseph P. Murray, on the brief), for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, OAKES, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Keith Brown-El, an inmate at the Potosi Correctional Center (PCC), brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claiming two PCC officials violated his First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion by removing him from the list of fasting Muslim inmates given a special meal schedule. The district court granted summary judgment to the PCC officials. Brown-El appeals and we affirm.

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