SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says Southern California jailers violated the religious freedom of a Muslim woman who was ordered to take off her head scarf in a courthouse holding cell.
An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reinstated a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday filed by Souhair Khatib in 2007 against Orange County.
Khatib was jailed for several hours in November 2006 after a judge revoked her probation from a misdemeanor welfare fraud conviction. Probation was reinstated the same day and Khatib was released from jail.
A trial court judge and a three-judge appeals court panel previously dismissed the lawsuit, saying that holding cells aren’t covered by a federal law protecting inmates’ religious practices.
But the 11 judges rejected that argument and ordered Khatib’s lawsuit to proceed.
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Absolutely insane.
No one should be surprised, this ruling was made in the capital city of "fruits and nuts land."
Yes I understand that Sacramento is the capital of the normal California!
To hell with that! This is America. Blow it out your Berka!
What did anyone expect? This is the 9th Circuit court. A court that is against everything that America stands for. Each and every one of those moronic justices needs to be tossed out of America on their judicial canz!
Please allow me to keep my religious sidearm while in the holding cell or I will sue you infidel!