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  • Feb. 14, 2019
    decided Decision issued in Derrick Maye v. Paul Klee

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Opinion By Ransey Guy Cole Jr. Feb. 14, 2019

COLE, Chief Judge. Eid al-Fitr is one of two annual religious feasts central to the Islamic faith. Michigan Department of Corrections ("MDOC") officials twice prevented Muslim inmate Derrick Maye from participating in Eid. In 2013, Chaplain Joseph Serafin told Maye he could only attend Eid if he changed his religion from Nation of Islam to Al-Islam. And according to Maye's deposition te…

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