KAUFMAN v. PUGH

No. 13-1009.

733 F.3d 692 (2013)

James J. KAUFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffrey PUGH, Warden, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided Augest 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Kaufman , Stanley, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jody J. Schmelzer , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This is our second encounter with Wisconsin inmate James Kaufman's effort to compel the prison system to treat atheism, which he follows, on the same footing as other religious beliefs. In 2005, this panel addressed Kaufman's claim that the Wisconsin prison in which he was then housed had violated the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment by refusing his request to create a religious study group dedicated to atheism, while...

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