Legal Opinion
Willie Garner v. Paul Morales
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2013No. 11-40653PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to determine whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s policy of prohibiting prisoners from wearing beards for religious reasons violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). 1 After a bench trial, the district court granted declaratory and injunctive relief in favor of the plaintiff, a Muslim, to the extent that the policy prohibits him from wearing a quarter-inch beard. The defendants have appealed that ruling. We affirm.
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Willie Lee Garner is a Texas state prisoner in the custody of the Texas Department of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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