Brown Ex Rel. Indigenous Inmates v. Schuetzle.

• Position: Civil rights action - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RELIGION

Brown Ex Rel. Indigenous Inmates v. Schuetzle, 368 F.Supp.2d 1009 (D.N.D. 2005). Native American inmates at a state prison brought a civil rights action alleging they were being deprived of their right to freely exercise their religion. The district court dismissed the action. The court held that the prison's failure to hire or appoint an individual that met a chief's requirements for conducting sacred sweat lodge ceremonies did not violate the inmates' civil...