Ragland v. Angelone

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TURK, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Omoro Ragland, an inmate of Virginia Department of Corrections (“VDOC”) who is proceeding pro se, complains that the VDOC’s grooming policy, Departmental Operating Procedure 864 (“DOP 864”), punishes him for his religious practice of wearing his hair and beard uncut by reducing his privileges, increasing the security restrictions to which he is subject, and reducing his opportunity to earn good conduct time. Ragland asserts that the penalty provisions of DOP 864 violate his rights under the First Amendment, as actionable under the Civil…