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LONGSTRETH v. MAYNARD

Nos. 91-6370, 91-6374 and 91-7044.

961 F.2d 895 (1992)

Christopher E. LONGSTRETH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary MAYNARD; Stephen Kaiser; Susan Gilbert, Unit Manager; David Rowden, Unit Manager; Bob Affolter, Correctional Counselor, Defendants-Appellees. C.D. MOSIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary MAYNARD, D.O.C.; Dan M. Reynolds, Warden, Defendants-Appellees. Allen JUSTUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary N. MAYNARD, Warden; Steve Hargett, Deputy Warden; Frank Marks, Chaplain; Donald Lankford, Food Supervisor, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Browning Pipestem, Norman, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellants Longstreth and Justus in Nos. 91-6370 and 91-7044.

In No. 91-6370, Gay Abston Tudor, Asst. Atty. Gen., and in No. 91-7044, Guy L. Hurst, Asst. Atty. Gen., Deputy Chief, Civ. Div. (Susan B. Loving, Atty. Gen. of Okl. with them on the brief), Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees Maynard, et al.

C.D. Mosier, pro se.

F. Browning Pipestem, Norman, Okl., for plaintiff-appellant C.D. Mosier in No. 91-6374.

Susan B. Loving, Atty. Gen. of Okl., and Gay Abston Tudor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees Maynard et al. in No. 91-6374.

Before McKAY, Chief Judge, HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge, and BELOT, District Judge.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

I

The plaintiffs-appellants Justus, Longstreth, and Mosier are all prisoners in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the Department). Each plaintiff claims that his religious beliefs preclude the cutting of his hair. Since 1986 the Department has had a general grooming policy, stated in various regulations applying to male inmates, which forbids all beards, mustaches, and hair more than three inches in length. The...

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