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KNIGHT v. THOMPSON

No. 12-11926.

797 F.3d 934 (2015)

Ricky KNIGHT, Franklin Irvin, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Thomas Otter Adams, suing individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Billy Two Feathers Jones, suing individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, et al., Consol., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Leslie THOMPSON, in his individual capacity, Donald Parker, et al., Defendants-Appellees, William S. Stricker, Ellen Ruth Leonard, et al. individually and in their official capacity, Consol., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 5, 2015.

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, Kim Tobias Thomas , Luther J. Strange, III , Alabama Department of Corrections, Andrew Weldon Redd , Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HULL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and 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...

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