The supreme court weighs whether a devout rastafarian can seek damages against louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights. Lower courts condemned the treatment of damon landor, a rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money. The supreme court will hear arguments in the case of a rastafarian man who sued prison officials for shaving his dreadlocks. A suit against the prison employees is one of the few avenues landor can pursue to be compensated, because a 2011 supreme court ruling bars prisoners in cases like his from seeking damages from. Supreme court to hear case of rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials for cutting his dreadlocks by cnn published November 10, 2025 at 8:09am est
The supreme court is expected to be sympathetic to the religious rights of a rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved off by louisiana prison guards. On monday, the supreme court will hear oral arguments in the case of damon landor Landor is a louisiana man who grew long dreadlocks for religious reasons In 2020, prison officials forcibly shaved his head even after he showed them a copy of a federal appeals court ruling affirming his right to. Supreme court is due on monday to hear arguments in a rastafarian man's bid to sue state prison officials in louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald.
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