KUPERMAN v. WRENN

No. 10-2083.

645 F.3d 69 (2011)

Albert KUPERMAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. William L. WRENN, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Corrections; Richard M. Gerry, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison; Michael A. Samson; Steven E. Britton, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy S. Tierney , and the Law Office of Nancy S. Tierney, on brief for appellant.

Laura E.B. Lombardi , Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Delaney , Attorney General, on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Albert Kuperman, a former inmate at the New Hampshire State Prison, challenges a district court order granting summary judgment to the defendant prison officials. The New Hampshire State Prison system requires all inmates to be clean-shaven, unless they obtain a waiver based on a medical condition or on their religious beliefs.1 An inmate who obtains a shaving waiver based on his religious beliefs may "maintain...

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