U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Derrick Maye v. Paul Klee
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Ransey Guy Cole Jr.
- Filed
- Feb. 14, 2019
- Case
- Derrick Maye v. Paul Klee
- Case status
- Decided
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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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