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CHARLES v. VERHAGEN

No. 02-3572.

348 F.3d 601 (2003)

Jerry CHARLES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard J. VERHAGEN and Matthew J. Frank, Defendants-Appellants, and United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Charles, Oshkosh, WI, pro se.

Gene C. Schaerr (argued), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jody J. Schmelzer (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul D. Clement, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App., Washington, DC for Intervenor-Appellee.

Michael S. Raab, Paul D. Clement (argued), Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Todd R. Marti, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, OH, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Jerry Charles, a Muslim inmate, filed an action against officials with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections' Division of Adult Institutions (collectively, "DOC"), alleging separate violations of his First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion as well as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a), because DOC officials prohibited him from possessing Islamic prayer oil...

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