JEHOVAH v. CLARKE

No. 13-7529.

792 F.3d 457 (2015)

Jesus Emmanuel JEHOVAH, a/k/a Robert Gabriel Love, a/k/a Gabriel Alexander Antonio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold W. CLARKE, Director; A. David Robinson, Deputy Director, Defendants-Appellees, and Commonwealth of Virginia; Loretta K. Kelly, Warden, Sussex I State Prison; All Employees of the Virginia Department of Corrections, in their official, individual, and private capacities, jointly and severally; Eddie L. Pearson, Warden; Keisha Fowlkes, Unit Manager; Ms. Evans, Records Officer; Ms. Ansah, Corporal; Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc.; Anthony King, Dr.; Mesele Gebreyes, Dr.; Benjamin Ulep, Dr., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 9, 2015.

Amended: July 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lola Abbas Kingo , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Trevor Stephen Cox , Office of The Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Steven H. Goldblatt , Director, Clay Greenberg , Student Counsel, Elizabeth Purcell , Student Counsel, Appellate Litigation Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, Cynthia E. Hudson , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Linda L. Bryant , Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety & Enforcement, Richard C. Vorhis , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kate E. Dwyre , Assistant Attorney General, Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General of Virginia, Office of The Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge FLOYD joined.


Inmate Jesus Emmanuel Jehovah appeals from the district court's dismissal of his pro se claims against the Commonwealth of Virginia and various employees and contractors of the Virginia Department of Corrections ("VDOC"). Jehovah claims that Appellees violated his free exercise rights...

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