United States Ninth Circuit

In an immigration case, plaintiff's claims that the INS interfered with her First Amendment right to practice religion by denying her vegetarian meals, subjecting her to strip searches, and denying her access to her followers was rejected.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2003
• Decided 06/25/2004
• Published 06/25/2004

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOODWIN, HUG, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Anne Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Division, Office of the Attorney General, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants., Zan Tewksbury, Steenson, Schumann, Tewksbury & Rose, P.C., Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellees., Steven A. Hirsch, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the amicus curiae in support of plaintiffs-appellees.