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SALAAM v. LOCKHART

No. 87-1079.

856 F.2d 1120 (1988)

Bilal Ali SALAAM a/k/a Kevin Robinson; Khalil Al-Baaqee Saleem Abdullah a/k/a Willie Blevins, Appellants, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Superintendent, Arkansas Department of Correction; Larry Norris, Warden, Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Donovan, Little Rock, Ark. (court appointed), for appellants.

Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BOWMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, two Muslim inmates who legally changed their names after being committed to the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC), appeal the dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that the ADC's "committed name policy" violates their rights to the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment. We vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand.

Appellants entered the Tucker Maximum Security Unit of the...

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