SOURS v. LONG

No. 92-1212.

978 F.2d 1086 (1992)

William Scott SOURS, Appellant, v. Steve LONG; George Lombardi; Dick Moore, Appellees. William Scott SOURS, Appellant, v. James D. PURKETT, Superintendent, Farmington Correctional Center; Major M.M. Guerrin, Custody Supervisor II; Susan Harris, Correctional Officer I; David Moore, Correctional Officer I; Ron Baker, Correctional Officer I; W.D. Peterson, C.C.W.; Jesse Bishop, C.C.A.; Arnold Dement, C.C.A., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Daniel, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellant.

Robert J. Krehbiel, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

William Scott Sours appeals the district court's1 order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint claiming interference with his first amendment right to freely exercise his religious beliefs. Sours alleged that defendants prohibited him from observing his "Vow of the Nazarite" by requiring him to cut his hair in accordance with Missouri...

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