Smith v. Thompson

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JENNIFER B. COFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Brian Keith Smith is a prisoner incarcerated at the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex in Fredonia, Kentucky. Through this action, Smith challenges the Kentucky Department of Corrections’ ' (“KDOC”) newly-adopted policy — which prohibits inmates from wearing wedding bands with stones or gems — as a violation of his right to religious expression. Having reviewed Smith’s Complaint, 1 the Court will dismiss it without prejudice because Smith filed his Complaint before he completed the inmate grievance process.

In his Complaint, Smith…