No. 23-320

Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections v. James Harrison Fox, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights compelling-interest compelling-state-interest corrections-policy cutter-v-wilkinson deference-standard prison-administration racial-unrest religious-freedom sixth-circuit-review
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Latest Conference: 2023-11-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Circuit failed to give adequate deference under Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005), to the Michigan Department of Corrections' compelling interest in avoiding racial unrest and violence, and in doing so, adopted a analysis that forced official recognition of a white supremacist religious organization that is seeking communal worship within prison walls

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Sixth Circuit failed to give adequate deference under Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005), to the Michigan Department of Corrections’ compelling interest in avoiding racial unrest and violence, and in doing so, adopted a analysis that forced official recognition of a white supremacist religious organization that is seeking communal worship within prison walls.

Docket Entries

2023-11-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-30
Waiver of right of respondents James H. Fox, et al. to respond filed.
2023-09-25

Attorneys

Heidi Washington, Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Petitioner
Ann Maurine ShermanMichigan Department of Attorney General, Petitioner
James H. Fox, et al.
Daniel E. Manville — Respondent
Daniel E. Manville — Respondent