In
Booth v. Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services,
2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49313 (D. Md., July 7, 2006), a Maryland federal court refused to dismiss state breach of contract and state constitutional claims by a Rastafarian employee of the Maryland prison system who was first demoted and then fired for refusing to remove his dreadlocks. However plaintiff’s federal claim against a prison warden was dismissed on the ground that the warden enjoyed qualified immunity.