Legal Opinion
Staples v. NHSP Warden, et al.
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided February 8, 2017No. 16-cv-33-PBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Frank Staples v. Case No. 16-cv-33-PB Opinion No.
2017 DNH 023
NH State Prison, Warden, et al. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Frank Staples is a practitioner of Taoism. He was incarcerated at the New Hampshire State Prison from 2011 until 2015. During that time, he claims that he suffered from harassment by multiple correctional officers because he refused for religious reasons to shave his beard to conform to the prison’s beard policy. The harassment included physical and mental abuse, and unjustified confinement in the prison’s Secure…
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