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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

WILLIAM ALDWIN JONES, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:04cv1029-MHT

) (WO)

CHAPLAIN DANNY RIEBEN, )

CHAPLAIN STEVE WALKER, and )

WARDEN J.C. GILES, )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

Plaintiff William Aldwin Jones charges that the

defendants, Alabama prison official, violated his right

to practice his religion while he was in prison. The

magistrate judge has recommended that the defendants’

motions for summary judgment should be granted, and Jones

has not objected to the recommendation. After an

independent and de novo review of the record, the court

agrees with the magistrate judge. At bottom, as to

Jones’s principal claim, he has not shown a “substantial

burden,” Smith v. Allen, 502 F.3rd 1255, 1277 (11th Cir.

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2007), on his ability to play music at the Moorish

Science Temple religious services.

An appropriate judgment will be entered. 

DONE, this the 2nd day of September, 2008.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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