COFER v. SCHRIRO

No. 99-1852.

176 F.3d 1082 (1999)

Dwight E. COFER, Appellant, v. Dora SCHRIRO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed May 10, 1999.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight E. Cofer, pro se.

Before: MURPHY, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 18, 1999.

PER CURIAM.

In his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, Missouri inmate Dwight Cofer alleged numerous constitutional violations, including an intermittent requirement that he cut his hair. Cofer pleaded that such a requirement infringes the free exercise of his Rastafarian religion. The district court found the complaint frivolous, denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and dismissed the complaint. Upon...

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