Legal Opinion
Louis Scott, Louis Scott, Donald Smith and Elias Calhoun v. Mississippi Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1992No. 91-1538PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs/appellants challenge the district court’s summary judgment dismissing their claim that prison hair-grooming regulations violate their free exercise of religion under the First Amendment. Because the district court gave the plaintiffs sufficient notice of its impending summary judgment, and because that summary judgment was properly granted, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs are inmates of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Each is a member of the Rastafari religion. Its practices, based on the Biblical vow of a Nazarite, 1 include…
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