No. 18-9629
Matthew Hale v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act standing
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Tenth Circuit's usage of a determining test for whether factor-driven belief system qualifies a particular religion for the purposes of the First Amendment free exercise clause and Religious Freedom Restoration Act is violative of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the holdings of this Court.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether the Tenth Circuit's usage of a factor-driven test for determining whether a particular belief system qualifies as a 'religious' group for purposes of the First Amendment's free exercise clause and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is violative of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the holdings in this Court
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent Bureau of Prisons to respond filed.
2019-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 11, 2019)
Attorneys
Bureau of Prisons
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Matthew Hale
Matthew F. Hale — Petitioner