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WARE v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-31012.

866 F.3d 263 (2017)

Christopher Jerome WARE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; James LeBlanc, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea W. Trento , Brenna Nelinson , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, Bruce Hamilton , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Allison Anne Jones , Trial Attorney, Davidson, Jones & Summers, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathan Ray Vining, Esq. , Susan Wall Griffin , Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before KING, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff-Appellant Christopher Ware is an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections and an adherent of the Rastafari religion. As a tenet of his religion, Ware took a vow to not cut or style his hair. In the ensuing years, Ware's hair has formed into dreadlocks that fall past his shoulders. Department...

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