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HAMMONS v. SAFFLE

No. 02-5009.

348 F.3d 1250 (2003)

Tyrone R. HAMMONS, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James L. SAFFLE, Director of Oklahoma Department of Corrections and/or his successors, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone R. Hammons filed briefs, pro se.

Philip J. Weiser, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory Thomas Metcalfe, Assistant Attorney General, (Machelle Y. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, with him on the briefs), Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, BALDOCK, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff-appellant Tyrone R. Hammons is incarcerated at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, Oklahoma. Defendants-appellees James L. Saffle, et al., implemented prison policies in May 1999 and June 2002, prohibiting in-cell possession and use of oils that Hammons uses for his five daily Muslim prayers. Hammons, proceeding pro se, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking a declaratory judgment...

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