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. The supreme court is expected to be sympathetic to the religious rights of a rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved off by louisiana prison guards. 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.
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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.
The supreme court will hear arguments in the case of a rastafarian man who sued prison officials for shaving his dreadlocks.
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 Supreme court to decide if rastafarian prisoner can claim damages for forced dreadlock removal, raising significant religious rights issues.
