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SMITH v. OWENS

No. 14-10981.

848 F.3d 975 (2017)

Lester J. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brian OWENS, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, in his official and individual capacities, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 17, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Goldfeder , Sarah Marie Shalf , Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA, Lester J. Smith, Pro Se, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Hye Min Park , Tina Michelle Piper , Joseph J. Drolet , Samuel Scott Olens , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILSON and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and BUCKLEW, District Judge.

Lester Smith, a Georgia state prisoner, alleges the grooming policy enforced in Georgia state prisons violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA")1 by substantially burdening his exercise of a sincerely held religious belief that Islam requires him to grow an uncut...

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