Legal Opinion
Deblasio v. Johnson
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 25, 2000No. CIV. A. 99-1818-AM, CIV. A. 99-1859-AM, CIV. A. 00-18-AM, CIV. A. 00-170-AM, CIV. A. 00-211-AMPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HILTON, District Judge.
This case involves several constitutional and statutory challenges to the new Virginia Department of Corrections (‘VDOC”) inmate grooming standards regulation, Division of Operations Procedure 864 (“DOP 864”). Plaintiffs are inmates in the Virginia prison system who filed this consolidated pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in order to launch a facial challenge to DOP 864 on First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb to 2000bb-4 (“RFRA”), grounds. Plaintiffs have also…
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