Legal Opinion
Earl Wayne Wyatt v. Cal A. Terhune Susan Hubbard, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 12, 2002No. 00-16568PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Earl Wayne Wyatt, a Rastafarian inmate, filed this § 1983 action challenging the California Department of Corrections’ hair length regulations as a violation of his constitutional and statutory rights to free exercise of religion and equal protection of the laws. This appeal concerns three procedural issues rather than the merits of Wyatt’s claims.
In addressing Wyatt’s First Amendment claim, the magistrate judge assigned to the case served on the parties a copy of his findings of fact from a different case challenging the grooming regulations and directed…
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