United States Fifth Circuit

In an inmate's pro se action against the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a warden claiming his right to exercise his religion was denied when they denied him permission to grow his hair, dismissal of the action is affirmed as: 1) plaintiff abandoned a First Amendment claim; 2) dismissal of a Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) claim was proper as the Department did not violate plaintiff's rights by, pursuant to its grooming policy, denying him permission to grow his hair; and 3) an equal protection challenge was meritless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/09/2007
• Published 11/09/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Juan Longoria, Abilene, TX, pro se.