Legal Opinion
Abordo v. State of Hawaii
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided August 25, 1995No. 94-00514 ACK/BMKPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER MODIFYING IN PART AND ADOPTING IN PART THE MAGISTRATE’S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
KAY, Chief Judge.
BACKGROUND
On July 6, 1995, Plaintiff Edmund M. Abordo, an inmate at Halawa Correctional Facility, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint against various prison officials (“Defendants”). In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) 1 and deprived him of his rights guaranteed by the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution by cutting his hair despite his objections. In addition, Plaintiff alleges…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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