United States Sixth Circuit

In a suit challenging a prison's ban on long hair, injunctive relief to plaintiff is reversed and remanded where the district court failed to give proper deference to prison officials with respect to whether plaintiff's hair presented security concerns.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2005
• Published 09/08/2005

Judges

• REEVES, District Judge., Before:  SILER and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  REEVES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Todd R. Marti, Scott M. Campbell, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  David A. Singleton, Carol R. Camp, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.