Legal Opinion
Hbrandon Lee Flagner v. Reginald Wilkinson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 22, 2001No. 99-4145PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Hbrandon Lee Flagner, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that an Ohio prison grooming regulation violated his constitutional right to practice his religion. The defendants ask this court to reverse the district court’s order denying the defendants’ summary judgment motion based on qualified immunity, arguing that Flagner has not alleged a constitutional violation and that the regulation has a valid penological basis. Based on our precedent in Pollock v. Marshall, 845 F.2d 656, 659-60 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 897, 109 S.Ct. 239, 102…
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