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| Koran seizure case gets ruling |
| By The Jurist |
| Published: 01/22/2008 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a prison inmate cannot bring a lawsuit against federal prison guards over the handling of the inmate's possessions under the Federal Tort Claims Act. In Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, Abdus-Shahid Ali sued prison officials working for both the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and the US Bureau of Prisons, arguing that they illegally confiscated his religious property, including copies of the Koran and his prayer rug, and harassed him for expressing his Muslim faith while in custody. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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