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· 7/26/2013

Ricky Knight v. Leslie Thompson

Citations

  • 723 F.3d 1275
  • 2013 WL 3843803
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 15247

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Plaintiffs have not presented any less restrictive alternative that can adequately contain the risks associated with long hair....”
  • “The ADOC has shown that Plaintiffs’ requested exemption poses actual security, discipline, hygiene, and safety risks.”
  • “[The magistrate judge] found that inmates can use long hair to alter their appearances, long hair iippedes the ability of officers to quickly identify inmates in the prisons, and inmates can use long hair to identify with special groups, including gangs.”

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Judges: Hull, Anderson, Schlesinger

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