SABIR v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 19-3575 August Term, 2021.

37 F.4th 810 (2022)

Rafiq SABIR, James J. Conyers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D.K. WILLIAMS, in her Individual capacity and official capacity as Warden of FCI Danbury, Herman Quay, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellants; Mark S. Inch, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons, Thomas R. Kane, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons, Hugh J. Hurwitz, in his individual capacity as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Winik , ( Brian M. Boynton , Leonard C. Boyle , Michael S. Raab , on the brief), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellants;

Matthew W. Callahan , Muslim Advocates, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellees;

Elizabeth A. Bixby , Daniel M. Greenfield , on the brief, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center.

Before: WALKER, SACK, AND CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiffs, Rafiq Sabir and James Conyers, are practicing Muslims who believe that they are required under the precepts of their religion to perform five daily congregational prayers with as many other Muslims as are available and wish to participate. Sabir and Conyers allege that while they were incarcerated at the Federal...

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