Court Opinion

ID: 9479149
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 07:09:51.346582+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:51.476402
License: Public Domain

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur with Judge Boggs’ reasoning and the result reached in this case. I write separately to emphasize that the “moratorium” involved in this case has clear establishment of religion implications because of the significant length of the period involved in which Morrison, and others similarly situated, were barred by Judge Shakoor administratively and effectively from access to the courts and from a remedy clearly granted by the law. The period involved constituted approximately eighteen days, nearly five percent of the year. It not only had establishment of religion implications, it involved significant deprivation of court process, but it also may have constituted a taking, -without process, of Morrison’s property or property interests.
Declaring a court holiday, even for a period of a few days, I believe, has little real or practical significance that would be of any constitutional concern. That is not our case, and I therefore join the opinion of Judge Boggs.