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KNIGHT v. THOMPSON

No. 12-11926.

723 F.3d 1275 (2013)

Ricky KNIGHT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Leslie THOMPSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Sabel , Sabel Law Firm, LLC, Montgomery, AL, Peter Sean Fruin , Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joseph D. Steadman , Dodson & Steadman, PC, Mobile, AL, John Cowles Neiman, Jr. , Luther J. Strange, III , Atty. Gen.'s Office, Kim Tobias Thomas , Alabama Dept. of Corrections, Andrew Weldon Redd , Alabama Dept. of Transp., Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Sasha M. Samberg-Champion , Dennis John Dimsey , App. Section, Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States.

Steven C. Moore , Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, Robert D. Segall , Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, PA, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae National Congress of American Indians.

Before HULL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHLESINGER, District Judge.

SCHLESINGER, District Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants (hereinafter "Plaintiffs") are male inmates in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections ("ADOC"). They wish to wear their hair unshorn in accordance with the dictates of their Native American religion, but an ADOC policy forbids them from doing so. Plaintiffs brought this suit against the ADOC and several other defendants (collectively "ADOC"), challenging the ADOC's hair-length policy on various constitutional...

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