Smith v. Ward
Pending petition
Docket No. |
Op. Below | Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
21-1405 |
11th Cir. |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit erred in applying the Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act when it held that Georgia need not grant a
religious accommodation offered in 39 other prison
systems; (2) whether RLUIPA allows religious accommodations
to be denied based on any plausible risk to penological
interests, if the government merely asserts that it
chooses to take no risks; and (3) whether RLUIPA prohibits courts from granting
any religious accommodation short of the full
accommodation sought by a plaintiff prisoner.
Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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Mar 08 2022 | Application (21A515) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 29, 2022 to May 28, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
Mar 16 2022 | Application (21A515) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 28, 2022. |
Apr 28 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2022) |
May 17 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 6, 2022 to July 5, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
May 18 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 5, 2022. |
Jun 03 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society and National Association of Evangelicals filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Sikh Coalition filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former Prison Officials filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Kristen Bell, J.D., Ph.D., et al. filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Religious Freedom Institute filed. |
Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Prison Safety and Religion Scholars filed. |