Second Circuit Revives Religious Discrimination Claim Of Prison Employee Forced To Remove Hijab
Vincent Jackson
02/10/2024
A recent decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a trial court’s dismissal of a religious discrimination claim brought by a female prison employee who was forced to remove a hijab. The Plaintiff was a corrections officer who was a practicing Muslim, and who requested to wear a hijab at work. This was in accordance with Plaintiff’s religious obligation to wear a hijab in the presence of men outside of her family. The...
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