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21 Jan 2015, 7:30 pm
Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Muslim prisoner wins Supreme Court case to keep his beard. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 5:02 pm by Denis Stearns
An employee was observed dipping his hands in the utensil sanitizing bath and the proceeding to mix in-process cheese with his bare hands, and an employee scratched his chin under his beard cover and then mixed the milled cheese with his bare hands without washing or sanitizing his hands. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 6:39 am
Hobbs, which involved a Muslim prisoner’s wearing a beard). [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 2:46 am by Amy Howe
Hobbs, it ruled that Arkansas must allow a Muslim inmate to grow a half-inch beard. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 8:17 pm by Joy Waltemath
Essentially, the department offered no sound reason why hair, clothing, and 1⁄4-inch beards (for medical exemptions) can be searched but ½ -inch beards could not. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 6:17 pm by Ernster the Virtual Library Cat
In a unanimous decision today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the refusal of the Arkansas Department of Corrections to allow Muslim inmate Gregory Holt to grow and keep a short beard for religious reasons violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), specifically 42 U.S.C 2000cc-1, despite the Department's claim that the restriction was necessary for security reasons such as keeping contraband out of its prisons. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 4:37 pm by Howard Friedman
The Court said:[T]he District Court went astray when it relied on petitioner’s testimony that not all Muslims believe that men must grow beards. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 4:20 pm
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Gregory Holt, a Muslim prison inmate in Arkansas, can grow a short beard for religious reasons. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 3:18 pm by Associated Press
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Muslim prison inmate in Arkansas can grow a short beard for religious reasons. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 2:26 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Hobbs, No. 13-6827, regarding a prisoner's right to have a religiously mandated beard under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA). [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 2:22 pm by Ruthann Robson
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In its unanimous opinion today in Holt (Muhammad) v. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 1:17 pm by CJLF Staff
  Prior to the ruling, Arkansas prison officials had prevented Holt from growing a beard citing security concerns. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 11:39 am by Amy Howe
Instead, the Court observed, the state could head off this possible problem by keeping two pictures – one with a beard, one without – on file for any inmate who wants to grow a beard. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 11:01 am by Addison Morris
According to the court, the growth of a short beard should not lead to a security... [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 8:37 am by Howard Friedman
 The court went on to reject the state's contention that its no-beard policy is the least restictive means of furthering a compelling state interest. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 8:21 am by Associated Press
The justices said that inmate Gregory Holt could maintain a half-inch beard for religious reasons because Arkansas prison officials could not substantiate claims that the beard posed a security risk. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 7:52 am
As I predicted here, the prisoner who used the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act to challenge the prison policy against beards has won in the Supreme Court.Here's the PDF of the just-issued opinion in Holt v. [read post]