Otey v. Best’s Empirical Analysis

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17 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[prison officials need] only to produce evidence that to permit the exercise of first amendment rights would create a potential danger to institutional security. This evidence may consist of expert testimony from the responsible officials, provided they testify to opinions that are “held ‘sincerely’ and [are] arguably correct.” [Jones, 433 U.S. at 127 ( 97 S.Ct. at 2539 ).] * * * Once the state has met its burden of going forward with the evidence, the courts must defer to the expert judgment of the prison officials unless the prisoner proves by “substantial evidence ... that the officials have exaggerated their response” to security considerations, Pell, 417 U.S. at 827 [94 S.Ct. at 2806], or that their beliefs are unreasonable, Jones, 433 U.S. at 128 [ 97 S.Ct. at 2539 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. Blackwell

2. “'So long as the prison authorities provide the inmate with a reasonable opportunity for the exercise of his religious tenets in a form that is substantially warranted by the requirements of prison safety and order, there is no violation of the inmate's constitutional rights.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Safley v. Turner

3. “provided with special meals during the holy month of Ramadan, requested religious literature, and national Muslim broadcasts”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Salaam v. Al Lockhart