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VINNING-EL v. EVANS

No. 10-1681.

657 F.3d 591 (2011)

Mondrea VINNING-EL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John EVANS and Rick Sutton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mondrea Vinning-El , Menard Correctional Center, Menard, IL, pro se.

Brian F. Barov (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Lauren K. Robel (argued), Attorney, Indiana University, School of Law, Bloomington, IN, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

While he was confined at Pinckneyville Correctional Center, Mondrea Vinning-El asked for a vegan diet. He told the prison's chaplain, Rick Sutton, that he adheres to the Moorish Science Temple of America. Sutton turned Vinning-El down, observing that the tenets of Moorish Science require a non-pork diet, which can include dairy products and many kinds of meat and fish. Vinning-El, who contends that his religious beliefs require a vegan diet...

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