Ex-Inmate’s Religious Rights Claims Should Proceed, Magistrate Judge Advises

Mealey's (January 22, 2021, 1:50 PM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York corrections officer is not entitled to summary judgment on a Native American’s claims that the officer violated the former inmate’s right to practice his religion and retaliated against him, a federal magistrate judge held Jan. 19 after finding that the ex-convict had exhausted his remedies with the prison system....