John Blake v. H. H. Pryse, Warden, Sandstone, Minnesota, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Washington, D. C.

The petitioner, John Blake, currently an inmate confined at the Federal Correctional Institution at Sandstone, Minnesota, believes that he is being deprived of his federal civil and constitutional rights because prison officials require him to shave and cut his hair. His petition, heretofore filed in the District of Minnesota, sought injunctive relief, claiming a civil and constitutional right to the length, style and growth of his hair and the growing of a beard and moustache to suit his personal desires. The District Court, the Honorable Philip Neville, after holding an evidentiary hearing,…