Legal Opinion
Umar v. Scott
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 10, 1999No. 2-98-203-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM BRIGHAM, Justice.
Appellant, an inmate at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, “TDCJ-ID,” complains of error in the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, denying Appellant relief in his suit alleging that certain policies of TDCJ-ID violate his free exercise and equal protection rights. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s original pro se complaint 1 alleges that TDCJ-ID’s policy of not allowing inmates to grow beards, except for legitimate medical reasons, violates his free exercise rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration…
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