No. 22-6742

Jan M. Gawlik v. Ned Lamont, Governor of Connecticut, et al.

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2023-02-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conditions-of-confinement discrimination due-process first-amendment free-exercise religious-freedom rluipa symbolic-expression
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment Securities
Latest Conference: 2023-03-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

WHERE THE GOVERNOR/MALLOY; P.DANNELL OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, RECOMMENDED SEMPLE,SCOTT AS COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS WITHIN CONNECTICUT TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS TO APPOINT SEMPLE/COMMISSIONER TO PROMULGATE A DIRECTIVE/REGULATION THAT DENIES INCARCERATED CATHOLIC/CHRISTAIN DENOMINATION THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTED RIGHT TO OPENLY VENERATE CHRISTAIN ,CRUCIFIXES ,ROSARIES ,SCAPULARS , OUTSIDE THEIR CLOTHING WHILE INCARCERATED. WHERE CHRISTAINS ARE ORDERED TO CONCEAL THEIR RELIGIOUS ARTICLES UNDER THREAT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION FOR DISOBEYING A DIRECT ORDER TO CONCEAL THEIR RELIGIOUS ARTICLES UNDER PRISON UNIFORM,BUT,WHILE ALLOWING EVERY OTHER RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION TO OPENLY DISPLAY THEIR RELIGIOUS ARTICLES AMERICAN ,ECT .

WHERE CHRISTAINS REFUSAL TO CONCEAL THEIR RELIGIOUS ARTICLES AND TO RELINQUISH TO STAFF PLACES A CHRISTAIN INMATE IN (4) FOUR POINT RESTRAINTS WITHOUT ALLOWING INMATE TO DEFICATE/URINATE UPON REQUEST CAUSING CHRISTAIN INMATE TO DEFICATE/URINATE BODILY FUNCTIONS WITHIN HIS BODY CAVITIES AND WALLOW IN THE FECES/URINE FOR HOURS AND DAYS.

WHERE THE GOVERNOR ,CONNISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS ,STAFF ,ADMINISTRATION , VIOLATE THE CATHOLIC/CHRISTAIN 1st AMENDMENT SYBOLIC EXPRESSION OF SPEECH,FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE,RLUIPA ,14th AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE AND THAT THE CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT ARE INHUMANE VIOLATING HUMAN DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS WITHIN THE CIVILIZED HUMAN RACE.

WHERE;;THE. ACTIONS OF-; THE CATHOLIC/CHRISTAIN DENOMINATION DUE TO THEIR RELICIOUS CONVICTION AS CONSCIENCE DEMANDS VIOLATES THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Connecticut Department of Corrections' policy of prohibiting incarcerated Catholics/Christians from openly displaying religious articles such as crucifixes, rosaries, and scapulars, while allowing other religious denominations to openly display their religious articles, violates the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)

Docket Entries

2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-23
Waiver of right of respondent Ned Lamont, et al. to respond filed.
2022-10-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2023)

Attorneys

Jan M. Gawlik
Jan M. Gawlik — Petitioner
Ned Lamont, et al.
Steven R. StromAssistant Attorney General, Respondent