CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cincinnati imam who has been jailed in a controversial immigration case alleges that Butler County officials have violated his civil rights.
Ayman Soliman, who worked as the chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital before his arrest by immigration agents, was forced into solitary confinement after officers denied his request to pray in his cell, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Cincinnati.
Soliman was placed in solitary confinement from Saturday through Tuesday and had restricted access to visitors and his attorneys, the lawsuit said…