Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Beach
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 18, 2012No. 12-3013PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Sturgeon Stewart appeals from the district court’s judgment in favor of defendants on his claims under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc to 2000cc-5 (RLUIPA). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Stewart was an inmate in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) and confined at the El Dorado Correctional Facility (El Dorado). In accordance with his Rastafarian religious beliefs, he does not cut or comb his hair, which he…
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