SCOTT v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 91-1538.

961 F.2d 77 (1992)

Louis SCOTT, et al., Plaintiffs, Louis Scott, Donald Smith and Elias Calhoun, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Young, North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Oxford, Miss. and M.T. Shareef, McComb, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John Clay, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss. and Leonard C. Vincent, Sr., Atty., Lit, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Parchman, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs/appellants challenge the district court's summary judgment dismissing their claim that prison hair-grooming regulations violate their free exercise of religion under the First Amendment. Because the district court gave the plaintiffs sufficient notice of its impending summary judgment, and because that summary judgment was properly granted, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The plaintiffs are inmates of the Mississippi...

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