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BURTON v. DUNN

Case No.2:19-cv-242-ECM.

CHARLES L. BURTON, JR., Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON DUNN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

November 19, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc Protection of Religious Exercise in Land Use and by Institutionalized Persons
Nature of Suit: 550 Prisoner: Civil Rights
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Burton, Jr., Plaintiff, represented by Anand Agneshwar, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, pro hac vice, Anna K. Thompson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, pro hac vice, James A. Sonne, Stanford Law School Religious Liberty Clinic, pro hac vice, John Anthony Palombi, Federal Defenders, Matt David Schulz, Federal Defenders, Middle District of Alabama, Paige Sharpe, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, pro hac vice, Spencer Jay Hahn, Federal Defenders & Zeba A. Huq, Stanford Law School Religious Liberty Clinic, pro hac vice.

Jefferson Dunn, Defendant, represented by Lauren Ashley Simpson, Office of the Attorney General.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On April 4, 2019, Charles L. Burton, Jr. ("Burton"), a death row inmate, filed a complaint challenging the Alabama Department of Corrections' policy of prohibiting the presence of his religious advisor during his anticipated execution. Specifically...

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