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SUTTON v. RASHEED

No. 97-7096.

323 F.3d 236 (2003)

Richard X. SUTTON; Robert X. Wise; Michael X. Walker, Appellants v. Imam Adeeb RASHEED; James Smith, Chaplain; Francis Menei, Chaplain; John Palakovich; Kenneth Kyler; Martin F. Horn; United States of America (Intervenor in District Court).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed March 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Istvan (Argued), Fine, Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Francis R. Filipi (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.

William E. Fairall, Jr., Department of Corrections, Camp Hill, PA, for Amicus-Appellee, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge and SCIRICA, Circuit Judge, and POLLAK, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court granting defendants summary judgment on claims that defendants infringed upon, inter alia, plaintiffs' rights protected by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Plaintiffs, three members of the Nation of Islam,1 contend that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' former policy of limiting inmates' access to religious...

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