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Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2021
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2021, page 56
Filed under:
Religious Grooming.
Location:
Colorado.
by David M. Reutter
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Colorado prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a guard violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcing him to shave off his beard. The court found the prisoner’s complaint stated a claim and ...
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