| Nieves Sues
Prison Guards For Grabbing His Santeria
Beads, Citing Justice Sotomayor
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 9 – Julio Nieves was in
prison at Green Haven
Correctional Facility when he
was searched, and his Santeria
beads were demanded.
He offered
to place them on his shrine
was but beaten and put in a
the Special Housing Unit. He
sued.
On July 9, U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Ronnie Abrams
held a proceeding. Inner City
Press covered
it.
The
complaint quotes Justice
Sotomayor that Santeria is a
religion. The defense has put
into the docket Nieves'
disciplinary record. Now the
case is headed to a trial on
August 2.
The case is
Nieves v. Joseph, et al.,
18-cv-2906 (Abrams)
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