LEROY JACKSON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
FRANK J. PATE, WARDEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
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The court held that the record did not support the issuance of an injunction regarding prison dietary laws, vacating that portion of the judgment.
An inmate sued for the right to observe his faith's dietary laws, but no facts were pleaded or evidence introduced regarding these laws or prison acco…
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FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
This case was consolidated, for oral argument only, with Cooper v. Pate, 7 Cir., 382 F. 2d 518, decided this day.
The issues are similar, and the district judge, the Honorable Abraham L. Marovitz, noted that in several respects he followed the decision of Judge Austin in Cooper v. Pate. Judgment containing a similar injunction with respect to communication with ministers and religious services was entered July 21, 1966. Defendant warden appealed from the portions of the judgment adverse to him. Plaintiff Jackson, an inmate who is a follower of Elijah Muhammad, did not appeal from the portions adverse to him. Defendant now permits purchase of .the Koran and this issue is moot.
Jackson’s amended complaint prayed for a decree that he have a right to observe the dietary laws of his faith. No facts were pleaded on either side, and no evidence introduced to show what the die tary laws are, whether the present prison regime accommodates them, and whether it accommodates the dietary laws of other faiths. We gather from reported decisions elsewhere that Muslims must not eat pork and must fast from sunrise to sunset during December. The judgment included an injunction requiring, in effect, that if defendant accommodates the prison regime to dietary laws of other faiths, he must not discriminate against 'Muslims. The principle underlying this part of the decision may be sound, but we conclude that this record does not support issuance of an injunction.
Subparagraph (c) of paragraph (1) of the judgment entered July 21, 1966, is vacated, and the other portions of the judgment appealed from are affirmed.