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MAIMON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 85-3555. Non-Argument Calendar.

792 F.2d 133 (1986)

Reuven MAIMON, a/k/a Raymond McMahon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louie WAINWRIGHT and Raymond G. Massey, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Sleasman, Fla. Institutional Legal Services, Gainesville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jason Vail, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Maimon is a practitioner of the Lubavitch sect of Orthodox Judaism who is confined to a maximum security Florida state prison. The grooming regulations of the Florida Department of Corrections, enacted pursuant to statute, require that inmates be clean shaven and that sideburns be unflared and no longer than the inmate's ear lobe. Maimon filed this suit contending that this rule violates his free exercise of religion under the First Amendment...

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