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SHABAZZ v. BARNAUSKAS

Nos. 84-3803, 85-3042 and 85-3046.

790 F.2d 1536 (1986)

Abdul Hakim Jamal Nasir SHABAZZ, a/k/a Owen X. Denson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K.C. BARNAUSKAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Abdul Hakim Jamal Nasir SHABAZZ, a/k/a Owen X. Denson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.G. WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Sheppard, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jason Vail, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees in Nos. 84-3803 and 85-3042.

Jason Vail, Harry F. Chiles, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees in No. 85-3046.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, FAY, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Shabazz is an inmate at Florida State Prison, a maximum security facility, under life sentence. He has been litigating with Florida prison officials since the late 1970's concerning whether he may grow and maintain a beard. In 1979 he filed two § 1983 complaints praying for damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. The complaints alleged that the appellee prison officials had violated his First Amendment right to freely exercise his Islamic faith...

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