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JAMA v. ESMOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INC.

Civ. No. 97-3093(DRD).

549 F.Supp.2d 602 (2008)

Hawa Abdi JAMA, n/k/a Hali Hashi Egal, Jeyakumar Anantharajah Abu Baker, Cecilia Kou Jeffrey, Abraham Kenneh, Shaminu Nanteza, Dennis Raji, Agatha Serwaa, and Sarah Tetteh Yower, Plaintiffs, v. ESMOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INC., n/k/a Correctional Services Corporation, James Slattery, Diane McClure, Richard Staley, Willard Stovall, and Philip Johnson, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, by Penny M. Venetis, Esq., Newark, NJ, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, by Derek S. Tarson, Esq., New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Blank Rome LLP, by Steven D. Weinstein, Esq., Joseph N. Cordaro, Esq., Cherry Hill, NJ, for Defendants.

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

On November 13, 2007, the jury in this case returned a verdict for plaintiff Hawa Abdi Jama ("Jama"), awarding her one dollar against two defendants for her claims under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb, and $100,000 on her related pendant state law claims. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP ("D & P")1 and the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation...

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