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SASNETT v. SULLIVAN

No. 94-C-52-C.

908 F.Supp. 1429 (1995)

Sylvester SASNETT, Lonnie Smith, James Lowery, James Hadley and Barbara Miller, et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Michael J. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Department of Corrections; Ken Sondalle, Administrator, Division of Adult Institutions; Jeffrey Endicott, Warden, Columbia Correctional Institution; Gary McCaughtry, Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution; Gerald Berge, Warden, Fox Lake Correctional Institution; Kristine Krenke, Warden, Taycheedah Correctional Institution; their agents, assistants, officials, employees, successors and others acting in concert or cooperations with them, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

As Amended January 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy L. Julian, Julian, Olson & Lasker, S.C., Madison, WI, for Sylvester Sasnett, Will Highfill, Lonnie Smith, James Lowery, James Hadley, John Casteel, Barbara Miller.

Frank Remington, Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Dept. of Corrections, Michael J. Sullivan, Ken Sondalle, Jeffrey Endicott, Gary McCaughtry, Gerald Berge, Kristine Krenke.

Janis C. Kestenbaum, Theodore C. Hirt, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.A.

Marc D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New York City, for amicus curiae, American Jew. Cong.

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb. Plaintiffs are Wisconsin state prisoners who challenge two internal management procedures regulating the wearing of jewelry and limiting to twenty-five the number of publications inmates are allowed to possess. The internal management procedures prohibit...

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