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Mohammad v. Beard

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
May 16, 2007
Civil Action No. 05-580, Re: Dkt. [97] (W.D. Pa. May. 16, 2007)

Summary

finding denial of prayer rug did not constitute substantial burden on Muslim prisoner's religious beliefs where prisoner showed only it was essential he pray on clean area, not that he pray on prayer rug

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Opinion

Civil Action No. 05-580, Re: Dkt. [97].

May 16, 2007


ORDER


AND NOW, this 16th day of may, 2007, after the plaintiff, Yassin Safdar Mohammad, filed an action in the above-captioned case, and after a motion for summary judgment was filed by the defendants, and after a Report and Recommendation was filed by the United States Magistrate Judge granting the parties ten days after being served with a copy to file written objections thereto, and no objections having been filed, and upon independent review of the motion and the record, and upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, which is adopted as the opinion of this Court,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the defendants' motion for summary judgment is granted and that judgment is entered in favor of the defendants.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, if the parties desire to appeal from this Order they must do so within thirty (30) days by filing a notice of appeal as provided in Rule 3, Fed.R.App.P.


Summaries of

Mohammad v. Beard

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
May 16, 2007
Civil Action No. 05-580, Re: Dkt. [97] (W.D. Pa. May. 16, 2007)

finding denial of prayer rug did not constitute substantial burden on Muslim prisoner's religious beliefs where prisoner showed only it was essential he pray on clean area, not that he pray on prayer rug

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finding denial of prayer rug did not constitute substantial burden on Muslim prisoner's religious beliefs where prisoner showed only it was essential he pray on clean area, not that he pray on prayer rug

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finding denial of prayer rug did not constitute substantial burden on Muslim prisoner's religious beliefs where prisoner showed only it was essential he pray on clean area, not that he pray on prayer rug

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Case details for

Mohammad v. Beard

Case Details

Full title:YASSIN SAFDAR MOHAMMAD, Plaintiff v. JEFFREY BEARD; Father BILL TERZA…

Court:United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: May 16, 2007

Citations

Civil Action No. 05-580, Re: Dkt. [97] (W.D. Pa. May. 16, 2007)

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