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Ware v. Louisiana Department of Corrections, No. 16-31012 (5th Cir. 2017), 866 F.3d 263
Ware v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections, 866 F.3d 263 (5th Cir. 2017) (filed July 28, revised Aug. 17, 2017). Holds under RLUIPA for Christopher Ware, a Rastafarian man in the Department's custody: the Department failed to show its grooming policies were the least restrictive means of serving a compelling interest; judgment reversed and rendered for Ware.
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- Record
- ware-v-ldoc-ca5-2017
- Type
- archive
- Trust tier
- A
- Status
- published
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Read in full on 2026-09-22; PDF sha256 97d65c1b16542642427fa08c3cb0a69390797e866dc994cf29fd6b07ed974913. The decision Landor carried into the third prison.
Provenance
- Creator
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Published
- 2017
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- External record
- https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/16/16-31012-CV0.pdf
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