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Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Remand to Determine if TDCJ Grooming Policy Unconstitutional by Remand To Determine If TDCJ Grooming Policy Unconstitutional by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit has remanded a case for the district court to hold an evidentiary hearing and determine whether the policy of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) …
Ohio District Court Grants TRO on Grooming Regulations by The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Marion Correctional Institution (MCI), Marion, Ohio, preventing Warden Christine Money from enforcing a grooming policy against two Orthodox Chassidic Jews. Michael Goodman and …
Courts Retain Power To Grant TROs Under PLRA by The District of Columbia (DC) Court of Appeals has vacated a district court ruling on the merits of a prisoner lawsuit where the district court also found that the prisoner plaintiffs failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. Louis …
Sixth Circuit Finds Ohio Response to Jewish Prisoner's Hair 'Exaggerated' by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case addressing an Ohio prisoner's suit over the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's (DORC) hairlength restriction "as applied," has reversed the district court's denial of qualified immunity to DORC defendants, but …
Brief • March 21, 2000
Jackson v. DC, Opinion for Defendants, Religious Practice, 2000 89 F.Supp.2d 48 (2000) Louis JACKSON, Isadore Gartrell, Carl Wolfe & Roddy McDowell, Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Odie Washington, & The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendants. No. Civ.A. 99-03276 (HHK). United States District Court, District of Columbia. March 21, 2000. …
Dismissal of Haircut Suits Reversed by In two brief, separate rulings, the court of appeals for the Eighth circuit reversed and remanded the dismissal of lawsuits challenging prison haircut rules by Rastafarian prisoners. In one case, the court held the district court had improperly concluded the plaintiff had not exhausted …
Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999
South Carolina Grooming Rules Upheld by The court of appeals for the Fourth circuit held that South Carolina prison rules requiring that all male prisoners have short hair and remain clean shaven were constitutional. In 1995 the South Carolina Department of Corrections implemented numerous "get tough" measures on prisoners, this …
Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Beating Verdict by The court of appeals for the eleventh circuit reversed a judgment as a matter of law entered against a Florida prisoner after a jury found in his favor. The court reinstated both the verdict and a damage award for the prisoner. The court also …
PI Granted in Haircut Claim by A federal district court in Kentucky granted a motion for a Preliminary Injunction (PI) to a Hasidic Jew whose claimed his religious beliefs were violated when prison officials forced him to cut his hair. Several Kentucky state prisoners in Protective Custody (PC) filed suit …
Missouri Haircut Rule Upheld under RFRA by Missouri Haircut Rule Upheld Under RFRA The court of appeals for the eighth circuit reversed a federal district court ruling which had held that a Missouri DOC rule requiring prisoners to have short hair and banning sweat lodges violated the Religious Freedom Restoration …
Texas Shaving Rule Declared Illegal by A federal district court in Texas ruled that a prison rule requiring prisoners be clean shaven violated a Muslim prisoner's religious rights and enjoined the rule. Johnson Lewis, a Texas state prisoner and a Muslim, filed suit claiming that prison regulations requiring that all …
Haircut Rule May Violate Equal Protection by A federal district court in Hawaii held that a prison rule requiring that prisoners have short hair and remain clean shaven may violate the constitution's guarantee to equal protection of law and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Edmund Abordo, a Hawaii state …
Texas Grooming Code May Violate RFRA by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that a district court erred in dismissing a Texas prisoner's claim that prison grooming regulations, requiring that prisoners be clean shaven and have short hair, violated his rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act …
$55,540 in Attorney Fees for RFRA Suit by Schlomo Helbrans, an orthodox Jew, filed suit to prevent being shaven for a photo by prison officials upon his entry into the New York prison system. He contended that being shaven would violate his religious beliefs. He prevailed on his claim when …
RFRA TRO Granted by A federal district court in Arizona granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to an Arizona state prisoner who filed suit seeking relief for violation of his religious rights to a Kosher diet, to long hair, a colored head covering and to maintain a vow of poverty. …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
SC Prisoners Protest Haircut Policy by In February, 1995, Michael Moore, a prison administrator from Texas, was appointed head of the South Carolina DOC. He promptly implemented the Aget tough on prisoners policies of recently elected Republican governor David Beasley. To date this has included cutting back on work release …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
MO Hair Cut Rule Violates RFRA by In the June, 1994 issue of PLN we reported passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb and predicted that many states "grooming rules" which ban beards long hair etc. would likely be found unlawful under it. While we …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Grooming Code by Three Oklahoma state prisoners filed suit challenging the Oklahoma DOC's policy of banning any facial hair or hair longer than 3 inches in length. The prisoners claimed their religious beliefs forbid the cutting of their hair. In two cases requests for preliminary injunctions …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Dismissal of Religious Freedom Suit Reversed by Dismissal Of Religious Freedom Suit Reversed Robert McKinney is an Oklahoma state prisoner who was infracted for refusing to cut his hair and who was not allowed to practice his Native American religion. His religious beliefs forbid him from cutting his hair. McKinney …
Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991
Right to Practice Religious Beliefs by Right To Practice Religious Beliefs C.D. Mosier, an Oklahoma state prisoner, is a practitioner of Native American religious beliefs which prohibit him from cutting his hair. The Oklahoma DOC has a grooming code which requires that it's prisoners have short hair, however, exemptions can …
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