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SHEPHERD v. GOORD

Docket No. 10-4821-pr.

662 F.3d 603 (2011)

Eon SHEPHERD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Glenn S. GOORD, Commissioner, Bennette, Superintendent, Wenderlich, Captain, John Doe, Deputy of Security, West, Deputy, Girdich, Superintendent, Ericson, Sergeant, Lester Wright, Maria Van Buren, Chief Medical Officer, N.A. Smith, Administrator, N.P. Parmer, Kim Perria, Nurse, Fairchild, Nurse, Jane Doe, Nurse, John Doe, Sergeant, John Doe, Nurse, Dr. Canfield, J. Colvin, Deputy of Security, J. Kremer, Sergeant, Riley, Nurse, Sullivan, Nurse, Defendants, Alan Twedt, Corrections Officer, Christopher Post, Sergeant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison V. Williams, Jr. , Green & Seifter, PLLC, Syracuse, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Denise A. Hartman and Kate H. Nepveu , Assistant Solicitors General, of Counsel ( Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General), on behalf of Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MINER, SACK, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:

New York State prisoner Eon Shepherd, who practices Rastafarianism, sued New York Department of Corrections officials Alan Twedt and Christopher Post, among others, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging inter alia that these two defendants infringed his rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment by touching his dreadlocks without his consent. Following trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Shepherd but awarded...

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