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HOEVENAAR v. LAZAROFF

No. 03-4119.

422 F.3d 366 (2005)

Cornelius Wayne HOEVENAAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan LAZAROFF, Defendant Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Todd R. Marti, Scott M. Campbell, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. David A. Singleton, Carol R. Camp, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: SILER and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; REEVES, District Judge.

REEVES, District Judge.

Plaintiff Cornelius Hoevenaar is a native American of Cherokee ancestry currently serving a life sentence in the Ohio prison system. While incarcerated, Hoevenaar began to practice a native religion which prohibits him from cutting his hair. As a result, Hoevenaar claims that prison rules regulating hair length violate his right to practice his religious beliefs and are in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act...

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