Supreme Court rules ex-inmate can't sue prison officials for shaving dreadlocks

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The Supreme Court has rejected a legal effort by a former Louisiana inmate to sue state prison officials. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident where officials shaved the man's dreadlocks, an act that violated his Rastafari religious beliefs. By issuing this ruling, the Court determined that the ex-inmate cannot pursue legal action against the prison officials for the forced removal of his hair, effectively ending the legal challenge regarding this specific religious violation.
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