MATTER OF ALI v. SENKOWSKI


270 A.D.2d 542 (2000)

704 N.Y.S.2d 682

In the Matter of RAMZAN ALI, Petitioner, v. DANIEL SENKOWSKI, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided March 2, 2000.


Petitioner, a prison inmate, was found guilty of refusing to obey a direct order and failing to trim facial hair. Petitioner pleaded guilty to failing to trim his facial hair but contended that trimming his facial hair violated his right to religious freedom. Petitioner noted at the tier II hearing that he had applied for a waiver to be excused from trimming his facial hair based on religious reasons, but that his request had not yet been decided. Significantly, "inmates...

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