RINEHART v. BREWER

No. 73-1623.

491 F.2d 705 (1974)

Michael T. RINEHART and Ronald H. Brown, Appellants, v. Lou V. BREWER, et al., Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Schantz, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellants.

Lorna Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before MEHAFFY, Chief Judge, and LAY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 5, 1974.

PER CURIAM.

This is a civil rights action by two state prisoners challenging the constitutionality of the hair length regulations of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa. The district court, in a memorandum opinion, upheld the validity of the regulations in the face of a broad range of constitutional claims. 360 F.Supp. 105 (S.D.Iowa 1973). In this appeal...

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