Legal Opinion
Rourke v. New York State Department of Correctional Services
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided November 27, 1995No. 94-CV-0735PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER
McAVOY, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND & FACTS
Plaintiff, RAYMOND T. ROURKE, is a full-blooded native american indian, and a member of the Mohawk nation. In November 1989, the plaintiff became a corrections officer at Riverview Correctional Facility (“Riverview”).
In 1991, the plaintiff stopped cutting his hair allegedly in accordance with the beliefs of the Longhouse religion, the traditional religion of the Mohawk indians. Corrections department Directive 3083 states that male correction officers’ hair length may not exceed one-half inch below the top of the shirt…
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- Rourke v. NY STATE DEPT. OF CORRECT. SERVICESDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1995