TUCKER v. GADDIS

No. 20-40267.

40 F.4th 289 (2022)

George Lee TUCKER, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve GADDIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel E. Perrone, Esq. , Ropes & Gray, L.L.P., Boston, MA, Kevin J. Post , Ropes & Gray, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Judd Edward Stone, II , Kathryn Cherry , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before King, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


For years, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ") has denied prisoner requests to hold religious gatherings for the Nation of Gods and Earths ("the Nation"). Originally, Texas denied such requests on the ground that it perceived the Nation as a racial supremacy group, and that allowing such an assembly would pose a security threat...

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