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POWELL v. ESTELLE

No. 90-4446 Summary Calendar.

959 F.2d 22 (1992)

James LEE POWELL, a/k/a Mahmud Ameen Seifullah, Plaintiff, v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, TDC, et al., Defendants. Alvin Lee HARRISON, a/k/a Usaama S. Abdal Matiyn, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel V. McKASKLE and David Myers, Defendants-Appellees. Howard A. MILSTEAD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee. Keith Bernard WILEY, a/k/a Musa Zakee Na'Eem, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.K. PROCUNIER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Lee Harrison, a/k/a Usaama S. Abdal Matiyn, pro se.

Howard A. Milstead, pro se.

Keith B. Wiley, pro se.

Robin Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

These consolidated appeals involve challenges to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) grooming code. Plaintiffs brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that their religion requires them to grow their hair long and forbids them from shaving their facial hair, and that TDCJ's prohibition on long hair and beards violated their first amendment right to exercise their religion freely.1 After taking testimony...

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