Legal Opinion
Abdul Hakim Jamal Nasir Shabazz A/K/A Owen X. Denson v. K. C. Barnauskas, D. S. Gladis, C. W. Blivens, Davis H. Brierton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1979No. 79-2467PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The motion of plaintiff for leave to appeal IFP is GRANTED and the Clerk shall docket the case. 1
This case is one of two pro se cases filed by the appellant, a Florida state prisoner, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, attacking the action of Florida state officers in requiring him to shave off his beard. He asserts in count one that this state action violated the First Amendment because his Islamic religious faith requires him to let his beard flow, and, in count two, that it violated the Eighth Amendment because he had been issued a permanent non-shaving permit and nevertheless…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Lawrence H. Kent v. Perry Johnson and Dale FoltzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Alan Kimbrough McFadden v. Eddie LucasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Felix E. Capoeman v. Amos ReedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Donald Lee Childs v. Jack Duckworth, Sally Wenzel, and Robert BronnenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Charles Edward Pace v. David EvansCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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