Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head
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The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head
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Exterior view of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 22 in Washington, D.C.
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US court rules against man whose dreadlocks were cut off in prison

US Supreme Court rules against man whose dreadlocks were cut off in prison

The Supreme Court has been friendly to religious liberty claims and hostile to lawsuits seeking damages against government…

A Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards asked the Supreme Court to let him sue for damages.

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The Supreme Court rejected a former Louisiana inmate's effort to sue state prison officials after they shaved his dreadlocks in…

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a Rastafarian former inmate who sued Louisiana state prison officials after his head was…