GREEN HAVEN PRISON v. NY STATE DEPT. OF CORR.

Docket No. 20-18-pr August Term, 2020.

16 F.4th 67 (2021)

GREEN HAVEN PRISON PREPARATIVE MEETING OF the RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, an unincorporated association, Yohannes Johnson, individually, and as Clerk of Green Haven Prison Preparative Meeting, Gregory Thompson, individually, and as member of Green Haven Prison Preparative Meeting, Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, an unincorporated association, Donald Badgley, individually, and as Co-Clerk of Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting, Emily Boardman, individually and as Co-Clerk of Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting, Bulls Head-Oswego Monthly Meeting, an unincorporated association, Carole Yvonne New, individually and as Clerk of Bulls Head-Oswego Monthly Meeting, David Leif Anderson, individually and as Treasurer of Bulls Head-Oswego Monthly Meeting, Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting, an unincorporated association, Frederick Doneit, Sr., as Treasurer of Poughkeepsie Monthly Meeting, Julia Giordano, Margaret L. Seely, Solange Muller, New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, Anthony Annucci, in his capacity as Acting Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Jeff McKoy, in his capacity as the Deputy Commissioner for Program Services of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Alicia Smith-Roberts, in her capacity as the Director of Ministerial, Family and Volunteer Services of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Jamie Lamanna, in his capacity as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Jaifa Collado, in her capacity as Deputy Superintendent of Programs at Green Haven Correctional Facility, Marlyn Kopp, in her capacity as Deputy Superintendent of Program Services at Green Haven Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick R. Dettmer , Law Office of Frederick R. Dettmer, New Rochelle, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mark S. Grube , Assistant Solicitor General, State of New York, New York, NY ( Letitia James , Attorney General, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Anisha S. Dasgupta , Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Livingston, Chief Judge, Cabranes, and Lynch, Circuit Judges.


This case arises from scheduling changes made by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ("DOCCS") to certain regularly-held religious gatherings of the Religious Society of Friends, generally known as "Quakers," at Green Haven Correctional Facility ("Green Haven"). DOCCS's measures...

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