No. 21-6883
Walter Delaney Booker, Jr. v. M. E. Engelke, et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights compelling-interest constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause prison prison-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom standing
Latest Conference:
2022-03-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does tho RLuipA require the louer courts to evaluate
the claims raised under the Aat under the legrtimate
penological interest test or the compellins interest
test with the least restrictive
means ina prison
religious diet case?
2. burdened in the dontext of his
was sub stantially
religious diet, did the lower dourts hold prson
officrals to their burden of a compelling interest
with the least restrictive mears under Rhuipt and
the Four Turner Factors under the First
Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether RLUIPA requires courts to evaluate claims under the 'compelling interest' test or the 'least restrictive means' test
Docket Entries
2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-02-15
Waiver of right of respondent M.E. Engelke, et al. to respond filed.
2021-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2022)
Attorneys
M.E. Engelke, et al.
Andrew Nathan Ferguson — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Walter Delaney Booker, Jr.
Walter Booker — Petitioner