U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Aug. 26, 2013
Circuit: atheist entitled to damages in parole dispute
An atheist returned to prison for violating parole because he objected to drug treatment that required him to acknowledge a higher power should have been awarded compensatory damages, the 9th Circuit held.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An atheist who was returned to prison for violating parole because he objected to drug treatment that required him to acknowledge a higher power should have been awarded compensatory damages, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Friday.
The decision reversed Senior U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. of Sacramento, who correctly found California officials liable for violating Barry A. ...
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