The Supreme Court decided that he can't sue the officers because they are immune from lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The decicsion was a close 5 to 4.
Abdus-Shahid M.S. Ali says he lost about 177$ worth of belongings when he was transfered from one prison to another, and says that he's being harrased everywhere.
"He added that because he has "practiced his faith to the fullest" he has
been subjected to prison officials repeatedly confiscating and destroying
his legal and religious property.Ali said he has been harassed for his religious
beliefs "year after year" in both the District of Columbia Department of
Corrections and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons."
I think that if the prison officers really did take away his Quran and prayer rug then the inmate should be able to sue them because now he can't pray or practice his religion, which means he had his religious rights taken away.
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Not a hundred percent sure but couldn't he just pick up a spare copy from the prison library? I do not know but it seems pretty standard, or at least if he asked a friendly Mosque he would be able to acquire new tools for prayer. Now besides the fact that he could do all of this, I do not think it is very nice/nor fair/nor lawful of the officers to do such a thing. Now in regards to sueing the officers, that is new to me to learn one can not sue them, thanks for the new knowledge, but can a prisoner not sue an officer for criminal offenses? I do not know for sure, but he might have a case there. Besides which, why was a Supreme Court case on the grounds of $170 taken? Yes I realize what it established, but it seems weird to take on a case that was split 5-4 over $170 dollars.
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