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SHARP v. JOHNSON

No. 08-2174.

669 F.3d 144 (2012)

Shawn C. SHARP, Appellant v. Superintendent JOHNSON; Deputy Superintendent Krysevig; Deputy Superintendent Dickson; Deputy Superintendent Stickman, Program Manager Rhoda A. Winstead; Chaplain Father Tursa, Chaplain Tanko Ibrahiym, Superintendent Conner Blain; Deputy Superintendent Paul Stowitzky; Deputy Superintendent John Miller, Captain Coleman; Lieutenant Fisher; Major Melvin Lockett; Lieutenant Matcus; Lieutenant Blakey; Jean A. Mears; Chaplain George J. Moneck; Chaplain Ihmam Muhammed.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: February 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson T. Bailey (Argued), Thomas S. Jones , Jones Day, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellant.

Kemal A. Mericli (Argued), Scott A. Bradley , Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, Susan J. Forney , Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Shawn Sharp, an inmate in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ("DOC"), brought this civil rights action in November 2000 claiming that two prison facilities (SCI-Pittsburgh and SCI-Greene) unlawfully denied his request to accommodate his particular religious group.1 After years of motions practice, in which several of Sharp's claims were dismissed, Sharp's remaining...

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