In Logsdon v. Woods, (11th Cir., March 28, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to allow a pre-trial detainee to proceed with an appeal of a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in a challenge to a jail’s religious verification policy. The court said in part:
Here, Logsdon has no nonfrivolous arguments that the district court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a preliminary injunction. The policy with which Logsdon takes issue does not substantially burden his free exercise of religion…. While the verification policy may be considered inconvenient, as it requires that Logsdon undertake the additional step of having his religious affiliation confirmed before he is given a kosher diet, such a requirement is not enough to constitute a substantial burden on Logsdon’s religious practices….