Legal Opinion
Jackson v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 21, 2000No. Civ.A. 99-03276 (HHK)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
KENNEDY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs represent a class of prisoners whose avowed religious faiths have doctrines which plaintiffs believe forbid them (or anyone else) from cutting their hair or shaving their beards, or both. They were convicted in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, were committed to the custody of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (“D.C.Correetions”) or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), and are presently serving their sentences in facilities operated by the…
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