religious-practice

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5236 Robert Annabel, II v. Sherman Campbell, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review fact-finding legal-standard religious-practice substantial-burden summary-judgment Did the Court of Appeals erroneously define what constitutes substantial burden upon religious practice and did it erroneously find impermissible bind…
24A722 Steve Van Horne v. Harriett L. Haag, Judge, County Court at Law No. 2, Taylor County, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-01-23 Presumed Complete court-procedure first-amendment judicial-discretion jurisdiction-challenge religious-freedom religious-practice Whether the US District Court is bound by 42 USC 21b § 2000bb, that government, including the courts, shall not substantially burden a person's exerci…
21-7282 Joshua Davis Bland v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied IFP censorship compelling-interest equal-protection fourteenth-amendment least-restrictive-means r-l-u-i-p-a religious-freedom religious-practice rluipa 1) Does a state prison have the right to void an inmate's religious practice if the state prison refuses to recognize the inmate's religion, and claim…
19-805 Ben Adam v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-26 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-statute due-process first-amendment prosecution-threat religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-practice standing standing-doctrine threat-of-prosecution (1) Did the Second Circuit err in finding that petitioner lacked standing to challenge a criminal statute under the threat of prosecution doctrine, wh…
19-40 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. J. W., a Minor California 2019-07-05 Denied church-governance civil-liability clergy-privilege first-amendment fourteenth-amendment intra-faith-communications religious-doctrine religious-freedom religious-practice For decades this Court has safeguarded the First Amendment rights of freedom of religion, speech, and press from state infringement. Jehovah's Witness…