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MACK v. O'LEARY

Nos. 95-1331, 94-1849.

80 F.3d 1175 (1996)

John MACK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael O'LEARY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. John Lee LIPSCOMB-BEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard A. PETERS III, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mack (submitted), Danville, IL, Plaintiff-Appellant pro se.

Alison E. O'Hara, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Michael F. O'Leary, Salvador A. Godinez, J. Springborn, James M. Schomig.

John L. Lipscomb-Bey (submitted), Pontiac, IL, Plaintiff-Appellant pro se.

Jessie Wang-Grimm, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Howard A. Peters, III, George C. Welborn, Alan L. Frentzel, Leo Hayes.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated for decision appeals by two Illinois state prisoners from the dismissal of their suits against prison officials in which they seek damages for alleged infringements of religious liberty. The appeals require us to consider for the first time the meaning of the term "substantially burden a person's exercise of religion," which is the key term in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act...

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