U.S. District Court
ALCOHOL/DRUG
RELEASE
Turner v. Hickman, 342 F.Supp.2d 887 (E.D.Cal. 2004). An inmate filed a [section] 1983 action claiming that corrections officials had established religion in violation of the First Amendment by demanding that he participate in a drug treatment program to be eligible for consideration for parole. The district court held that requiring inmates, as a condition for being granted parole, to participate in a drug treatment program based on the concept of a...
