Published on: Friday, March 22, 2024
Prison: If you tested positive for a soy allergy, we'd stop feeding you soy, but we don't think you have a real allergy and we're not buying your "my religion prohibits me from eating foods that make my stomach hurt" schtick. Fourth Circuit: Um, that is, like, very precisely the sort of schtick you are required to buy. District court's contrary ruling vacated.
The case is Ricky Pendleton v. Betsy Jividen, No. 23-6334 (4th Cir. Mar. 20, 2024).