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SMITH v. OWENS

No. 19-13520.

13 F.4th 1319 (2021)

Lester J. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. Brian OWENS, Commissioner of GDOC in his official and individual capacities, Defendant, Gregory Dozier, Commissioner of GDOC in his official and individual capacities, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 22, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Scott Ballenger , Law Office of J. Scott Ballenger, Washington, DC, Sarah Marie Shalf , Carly Wasserman , University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, Maxwell Kent Thelen , Ashby Thelen Lowry, LLC, Marietta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Lester J. Smith, Oglethorpe, GA, Pro Se.

Ross Warren Bergethon , Christopher Michael Carr , Hye Min Park , Tina Michelle Piper , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, Rebecca J. Dobras , DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, GA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Before MARTIN, NEWSOM, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.

Lester Smith sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq., seeking relief from the GDOC's grooming policy. He claimed that the GDOC's grooming policy, which prohibits inmates from growing facial hair over a...

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