HEYWARD v. COOPER

No. 22-3781.

88 F.4th 648 (2023)

Lyle M. HEYWARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Heather COOPER; Chris Lambert; James Haviland, Warden; Joanna Factor; C. Foster; Cori Smith; Allison Gibson; K. Riehle; C. Ester; P. Engles; Imam Ibrahim S. Abdul-Rahim; B. Guise; D. Szabados; M. Ladesma; J. Casey; Amy Marburger; K. Basinger; M. Giddens; I.L. Collier; Mike David; Allysa Damschroder; K. Ludwig; K. Myers; M. Christen, in their individual capacities; B. Potts, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Samuel Weiss , RIGHTS BEHIND BARS, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Adam Beckler , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees Davis, Haviland, Riehle, Foster, Factor, Smith, Gibson, Lambert, Ester, Engles, Guise, Szabados, Ladesma, Casey, Giddens, Collier, Ludwig, Myers, Christen and Potts. Shaka S.J. Sadler , DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE, P.C., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees Damschroder and Cooper. ON BRIEF: Samuel Weiss, RIGHTS BEHIND BARS, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Mindy Worly , OFFICE OF THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees Davis, Haviland, Riehle, Foster, Factor, Smith, Gibson, Lambert, Ester, Engles, Guise, Szabados, Ladesma, Casey, Giddens, Collier, Ludwig, Myers, Christen and Potts. Kristin L. Wedell , DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE, P.C., Cleveland, Ohio, Michelle A. Thomas , DICKIE, McCAMEY & CHILCOTE, P.C., Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, for Appellees Damschroder and Cooper.

NALBANDIAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which LARSEN, J., joined in full. GILMAN, J. (pp. 663-65), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

Proceeding pro se in district court, Lyle Heyward filed a complaint alleging that prison officials frustrated his attempts to celebrate Ramadan in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons...

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