The Sikh Coalition, et al.
Amici Curiae
Brian E. Robinson, Counsel of Record The Sikh Coalition is joined in this brief by six other groups fighting discrimination against Muslims, Arabs, South Asians, and Sikhs. Brian E. Robinson is director of business development with Counsel Press, where he assists lawyers in appellate litigation. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on October 31, 2008. Respondent Javaid Iqbal — a Muslim male, arrested in New York afterthe attacks of September 11, 2001 — alleges that he was subjected to harsherconditions of confinement solely because of his…