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HAMILTON v. SCHRIRO

No. 94-3845.

74 F.3d 1545 (1996)

Mark Juan HAMILTON, Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor, v. Dora SCHRIRO; Paul Delo; Jody Jackson; Bill Armontrout, Appellants. Coalition for the Free Exercise of Religion; Koinonia House of Dupage County and Justice Fellowship.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin O. Switzer, III, Assistant Attorney General (Susan D. Boresi, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Patricia A. Millett, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued (David G. Ott and Dean R. Gallego, Clayton, MO, appeared on brief of appellee Hamilton), for U.S.

Before McMILLIAN, BEAM, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 1, 1996.*

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Mark Juan Hamilton, an American Indian, initiated the present action under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Missouri prison officials (prison officials) violated his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion by requiring him to cut his hair and by denying him access to a sweat lodge. Applying the...

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