United States First Circuit

In a Section 1983 action alleging that a prison shaving regulation which required all inmates, barring a medical or religious exception, to be clean-shaven violated plaintiff's First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the RLUIPA, 42 U.S.C. sections 2000cc-1 et seq., summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where there are no dispute of material fact.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2011
• Published 07/14/2011

Judges

• THOMPSON

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy S. Tierney, Laura E. B. Lombardi