BROOKS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 27023.

428 F.2d 652 (1970)

Bennie W. BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennie W. Brooks, pro se, Samuel S. Jacobson, Jacksonville, Fla. (Court-appointed) for plaintiff-appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Bennie W. Brooks is a prisoner incarcerated in the Florida State Prison at Raiford, Florida. He filed a suit in the District Court, Middle District of Florida, alleging that the prison's rules requiring inmates to shave twice a week and receive periodic haircuts was violative of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The District Court dismissed the suit as frivolous. We affirm.

Brooks alleges that the prison regulations violate the following...

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