The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against inmate Damon Landor’s lawsuit over cut dreadlocks, saying prison officials lacked notice of federal religious protections.

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.