Harris v. Dugger

ORDER

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE is before the court upon the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and the Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Lurana Snow.

This is an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a prison inmate. The complaint alleges that the inmate was punished with restrictive confinement and loss of gain time for his religious beliefs. The plaintiff claims to be a Rastafarian and also contends that a tenet of his religion requires him to wear his hair in the form of dreadlocks.

The prisoner’s complaint raises two challenges to the defendants’ actions. First,…