U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
May 5, 2010
Court Throws Out Headscarf Suit
A devout Muslim woman forced to remove her headscarf in public while in custody at the Orange County Superior Court cannot sue the county, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A devout Muslim woman forced to remove her headscarf in public while in custody at the Orange County Superior Court cannot sue the county, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Monday.
The panel ruled 2-1 that the courthouse holding cell is not an "institution" as defined by the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, depriving Souhair Kh...
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