BECKLEY, W. Va. - A West Virginia federal prison inmate who says his religious rights as a "New Age Druid" are infringed by his inability to obtain tobacco was denied a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order Feb. 19 by a federal judge who said the prisoner demonstrated neither irreparable harm nor a likelihood he will prevail on the merits (Carrol Owens v. FCI Beckley, No. 5:12-cv-03620, S.D. W. Va., Beckley Div.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22223)...(read more)![]()
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