Douglas v. Clarke et al, No. 3:2013cv00028 - Document 29 (E.D. Va. 2015)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr on 02/27/2015. (jsmi, )
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Douglas v. Clarke et al Doc. 29 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division LAMONT O. DOUGLAS, Plaintiff, V. Civil Action No. 3:13CV028 HAROLD CLARKE, et aL, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Lamont O. Douglas, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se and informa pauperis, filed this civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983* arguing that Defendants^ violated his First^ and Fourteenth"* Amendment rights. In his Complaint (ECF No. 1), Douglas argues entitlement to relief on the following grounds: Claim One: Defendants violated his right to due process when Defendants refused to permit him to possess prayer oil in segregation. ' That statute provides, in pertinent part: Every person who, under color of any statute ... of any State ... subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law.... 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ^ Defendants are Harold Clarke, Eddie Pearson, J. Boone, and R. Wallace ("Defendants"). ^"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...U.S. Const, amend. I. ^"No State shall... deprive any person oflife, liberty, orproperty, without due process of law " U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1. Dockets.Justia.com
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