United States Third Circuit

Under the standard set out by the Supreme Court in Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987), for assessing prison regulations that restrict inmates' constitutional rights, a challenged "security threat group" policy, which isolated certain members of prison population from others, does not violate the plaintiff inmates' free exercise rights; equal protection and due process challenges were also rejected.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/12/2001
• Decided 03/15/2002
• Published 03/15/2002

Judges

• Before:  ALITO, RENDELL, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Court Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory B. Pasquale [argued], Drinker Biddle & Shanley, LLP, Florham Park, NJ, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey K. Gladden [argued], Deputy Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, for Appellees.