Legal Opinion
Iron Eyes v. Henry
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1990No. 88-2586PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Robert Iron Eyes appeals from the district court’s1 order dismissing his complaint for damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). Iron Eyes is a Sioux Indian and was an inmate at Missouri’s Farmington Correctional Center.2 He challenges a prison grooming regulation which requires all prisoners to wear their hair above their collars. Iron Eyes has had his hair cut twice under this rule. After a non-jury trial, the district court entered an order denying him all relief and dismissing his complaint with prejudice. This appeal followed. We affirm…
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3Cited by61 opinions
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