No. 21-6883

Walter Delaney Booker, Jr. v. M. E. Engelke, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights compelling-interest constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-exercise-clause prison prison-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom standing
Latest Conference: 2022-03-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether RLUIPA requires courts to evaluate claims under the 'compelling interest' test or the 'least restrictive means' test

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-02-15
Waiver of right of respondent M.E. Engelke, et al. to respond filed.
2021-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2022)

Attorneys

M.E. Engelke, et al.
Andrew Nathan FergusonOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Walter Delaney Booker, Jr.
Walter Booker — Petitioner