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SMALL v. LEHMAN

No. 95-7279.

98 F.3d 762 (1996)

Elwood SMALL, Eric Baynes, Brian Ross, Lawrence Ellison, Ali Jamal Abdul-Quddus, v. Joseph LEHMAN, Commissioner, PA Dept. of Corrections, Robert Bitner, Chief Hearing Examiner, J. Harvey Bell, Pardons Case Specialist, J. Doe, Staff Attorney, William J. Love, Irwin S. Owens, Protestant Chaplin, Father Becker, Catholic Chaplin, Steryl Grove, Grievance Coordinator at SCI-Huntingdon, in their individual and official capacities, Appellees. Elwood Small, Eric Baynes, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

October 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood Small, Eric Baynes, SCI-Huntingdon, Huntingdon, PA, Pro Se.

Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Michael L. Harvey, Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Sr., Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief Litigation Section, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, COWEN, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by four present and former inmates of the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon (SCI-Huntingdon) (collectively "Inmates"), presents a troublesome question relating to the provision of adequate facilities for religious worship in a prison environment. The Inmates, Elwood Small, Eric Baynes, Brian Ross and Lawrence Ellison, members of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, sued prison officials...

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