Legal Opinion
Ricky Knight v. Leslie Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 2015No. 12-11926PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHLESINGER, District Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants (hereinafter “Plaintiffs”) are male inmates in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”). They wish to wear their hair unshorn in accordance with the dictates of their Native American religion, but an ADOC policy forbids them from doing so. Plaintiffs brought this suit against the ADOC and several other defendants (collectively “ADOC”), challenging the ADOC’s hair-length policy on various constitutional grounds and under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000ce et seq.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Cutter v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Williams v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- United States v. Mitchell J. SteinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
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