Legal Opinion
Cornelius Wayne Hoevenaar v. Alan Lazaroff
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2005No. 03-4119PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge.
Plaintiff Cornelius Hoevenaar is a native American of Cherokee ancestry currently serving a life sentence in the Ohio prison system. While incarcerated, Hoevenaar began to practice a native religion which prohibits him from cutting his hair. As a result, Hoevenaar claims that prison rules regulating hair length violate his right to practice his religious beliefs and are in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. (2000).
Following a hearing on the Plaintiffs request for a temporary injunction, the…
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