Smith v. Ward
Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2022
Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit erred in applying the Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act when it held that Georgia need not grant a
religious accommodation offered in 39 other prison
systems; (2) whether RLUIPA allows religious accommodations
to be denied based on any plausible risk to penological
interests, if the government merely asserts that it
chooses to take no risks; and (3) whether RLUIPA prohibits courts from granting
any religious accommodation short of the full
accommodation sought by a plaintiff prisoner.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Mar 08 2022 | Application (21A515) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 29, 2022 to May 28, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| Mar 16 2022 | Application (21A515) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 28, 2022. |
| Apr 28 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2022) |
| May 17 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 6, 2022 to July 5, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| May 18 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 5, 2022. |
| Jun 03 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society and National Association of Evangelicals filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Sikh Coalition filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former Prison Officials filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Kristen Bell, J.D., Ph.D., et al. filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Religious Freedom Institute filed. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Prison Safety and Religion Scholars filed. |
| Jul 05 2022 | Brief of respondent Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections in opposition filed. |
| Jul 19 2022 | Reply of petitioner Lester J. Smith filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 20 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022. |
| Oct 03 2022 | Petition DENIED. |
