United States Tenth Circuit

In claim alleging that inmates' First Amendment right to free exercise of religion was violated when they were not provided kosher meals, Department of Corrections' proposed plan of cost contribution by inmates was properly rejected as not rationally related to legitimate penological concerns.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/11/2002
• Published 04/11/2002

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges, and OWEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen E. Abrams of Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, CO, filed an amicus curiae brief for American Civil Liberties Union., Isaac M. Jaroslawicz, Director of Legal Affairs, the Aleph Institute, Surfside, FL, filed an amici curiae brief for The Aleph Institute and Jewish Prisoner Services International.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer M. Dechtman, Assistant Attorney General, State of Colorado, Denver, CO (Ken Salazar, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Denver, CO, with her on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants., Scot M. Peterson of Koff, Corn & Berger, P.C., Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.