LYON v. KROL

No. 00-3283.

305 F.3d 806 (2002)

Everett R. LYON, Appellee, v. Del VANDE KROL; Paul Hedgepeth; James Helling; Rabbi Jacobson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hill, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, IA, for appellant.

Patrick E. Ingram, argued, Iowa City, IA, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, BRIGHT, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, LOKEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MURPHY, BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Everett Lyon, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP), brought this civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against ISP officials, claiming that the prison's exclusion of him from participating in Jewish services and holidays violated his constitutional rights. Although Mr. Lyon had previously filed four civil rights complaints that had been dismissed as frivolous, the district court refused to dismiss his complaint...

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