Borzych v. Frank.

• Position: Violation of religious rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

EQUAL PROTECTION

ARTICLES

Borzych v. Frank, 340 F.Supp.2d 955 (W.D. Wis. 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights action against prison officials. The district court held that the prisoner stated a First Amendment claim with his allegation that the prison officials denied him a copy of an Odinist text, without which he was unable to practice his religion. But the court found that the prisoner could not maintain a claim based on the allegation that he was not allowed to have a copy of a catalogue in which items related to Wiccanism, Satanism and Odinism were sold, where the prisoner did not allege or suggest that...