The supreme court on monday will hear arguments in a case testing whether mr Landor can sue state prison officials for money for violating his religious rights. The supreme court is gearing up to determine whether damon landor, a devout rastafarian, can sue after prison officials cut his hair in 2020 When prison officials in louisiana cut the dreadlocks. The question is not whether damon landor was mistreated but whether he can sue the individual prison officials and guards for damages. A supreme court that's protective of religous rights nonetheless seemed wary of allowing a rastafarian to seek damages from prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks.
Washington (ap) — the supreme court on monday wrestled with whether a former louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his rastafari religious beliefs. He observed that if he had been in federal prison when his head was forcibly shaved, he could have sued the officials responsible for shaving him in their personal capacity under rfra.
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