In Scible v. Miller, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51002 (ND WV, July 25, 2006), a West Virginia federal court rejected a Rastafarian prisoner's complaint that prison grooming policies requiring hem to cut his hair violated his rights to free exercise of religion.
In Davis v. Basting, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50787 (WD KY, July 19, 2006), a Kentucky federal district court permitted a prisoner to move ahead with his claims that he should be permitted to receive a Halal diet and attend religious services and his claims of retaliation against him because of his religion.
