GLADSON v. IOWA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 07-3528.

551 F.3d 825 (2009)

Lawrence GLADSON; Darrell Smith; Scott Howrey, Appellants, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Gary Maynard; Kay Kopatich; Ken Burger; John Emmett; Jay Nelson; William Sperfslage; Del Vande Krol; Michael Gilbert; Debbie Farrell, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rockne Ole Cole, argued, Iowa City, IA, for appellant.

H. Loraine Wallace, AGG, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence T. Gladson, Darrell Smith, and Scott Everett Howrey, inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) in Fort Madison, Iowa, and practitioners of the Wiccan religion, brought this lawsuit against Assistant Warden William Sperfslage of the ISP. The inmates sought injunctive relief and monetary damages, claiming that the ISP violated their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and the...

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