HENDERSON v. TERHUNE

No. 02-17224.

379 F.3d 709 (2004)

Philip W. HENDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cal A. TERHUNE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip W. Henderson, pro se, Ione, CA, plaintiff-appellant.

Michael G. Lee, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, Sacramento, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, CANBY, JR., and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Philip Henderson, a Native American inmate in the California state prison system, appeals the district court's judgment in favor of prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Henderson alleges that the California Department of Corrections' ("CDC") hair length regulation infringes upon the free exercise of his Native American religious beliefs in violation of the First Amendment. We affirm the district court's judgment because the...

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