Supreme Court Blocks Damages Claim After Louisiana Prisoner Was Shaved Against His Faith
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to allow Damon Landor, a Rastafarian who was restrained and shaved by Louisiana prison guards, to pursue monetary damages from individual correctional officers under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. In a 6-3 decision led by the court's conservative justices, the justices upheld lower …