Wares v. Vanbebber.

• Position: Prisoner alleges prison officals of violation of his right to observe a Jewish holiday - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Wares v. Vanbebber, 319 F.Supp.2d 1237 (D.Kan. 2004). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that prison officials interfered with his right to observe a Jewish holiday. The court granted summary judgment for the defendants in part, and denied it in part. The court held that the officials did not interfere with the inmate's Sukkot observance by failing to provide a Sukkah booth in the prison yard, but that fact issues remained as to whether the denial was due to security concerns or was merely a pretext for interfering with the inmate's right to freely...