No. 22-7651

Lily Cassandra Alphonsis v. Joel Garnica, Deputy, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force hijab-ban prison-administration religious-accommodation religious-freedom rluipa
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

a) Whether a jail facility's ban on the hijab or religious head scarf worn for religious reasons, was the least restrictive means of ensuring effective prison administration and security; b) Whether, particularly in light of the intervening decision in Holt v. Hobbs, 135 S. Ct. 853 (2015), the lower court afforded improper due deference to Respondent under RLUIPA, 42 U.S.C. 2000cc-l(a), since many of the factual assertions was grossly exaggerated in dismissing Petitioner's hijab case; c) Whether correctional officers should discard inmate's Quran and prayer mat.

Whether the 9th Circuit's decision on Americans with Disabilities Act conflicted the Supreme Court's decision regarding the due process in denying access to an inmate with severe food allergies' to enrollment in an institutional program.

a) Whether Scott v. Harris is applicable in a video evidence where the party who presented the video evidence's own key witness testimony contradicts the video evidence and confirms the victims version of events; b)Whether the Eighth Amendment allow correctional officer to use excessive force to remove handcuffs on an inmate who poses no threat and is locked behind a heavy metal door.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a jail facility's ban on the hijab or religious head scarf worn for religious reasons was the least restrictive means of ensuring effective prison administration and security

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-20
Waiver of right of respondent County of Los Angeles, et al. to respond filed.
2023-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 26, 2023)

Attorneys

County of Los Angeles, et al.
Aamir RazaLawrence Beach Allen & Choi, PC, Respondent
Lily Cassandra Alphonsis
Lily Cassandra Alphonsis — Petitioner