Legal Opinion
Blake v. Pryse
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided July 13, 1970No. 5-70 Civ. 28PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEVILLE, District Judge.
Petitioner is a federal prisoner serving a sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution at Sandstone, Minnesota. He appeared pro se at an evidentiary hearing before this court. His petition alleges that prison officials are interfering with his civil and constitutional rights in regards to the “length or style of petitioner’s hair, beard and/or moustache.” He asserts these to be personal rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution “being as much a part of petitioner as his arm or leg and therefore not subject to the prejudice and/or personal value judgments…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Herman Jackson, Jr. v. James B. Godwin, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- John Alfred Lee v. Ralph H. Tahash, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Henry E. Walker v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Collins v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- Seale v. MansonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1971
- Burgin v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Moskowitz v. WilkinsonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1977
- Michael T. Rinehart and Ronald H. Brown v. Lou v. Brewer, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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