MONROE v. BOMBARD

No. 76 Civ. 1897.

422 F.Supp. 211 (1976)

Alfred MONROE a/k/a Ismail Abdur Rahim et al., Plaintiffs, v. Roy BOMBARD, Individually and as Superintendent of Greenhaven Correctional Facility, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

October 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Grajales, Project Director, Bronx Legal Services Corp. by Stephen M. Latimer, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York by Kevin J. McKay, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have moved for an injunction barring the application of the no-beard rule at the Greenhaven Correctional Facility to those inmates required to grow beards out of medical necessity, and to members of the Sunni Muslim religion who must grow beards in the free exercise of their religious beliefs. In addition, plaintiffs have moved for class action certification. To the extent indicated herein, plaintiffs...

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