The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a Rastafarian former inmate who sued Louisiana state prison officials after his head was shaved while in custody.

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…

The Supreme Court has barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.