Jerry Teterud v. Kevin J. Burns, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of the Department of Social Services for the State of Iowa

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1975-09-04

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HEANEY, Circuit Judge. Jerry Teterud, an American Indian inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary, challenged under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 a prison regulation prohibiting him from wearing long braided hair. 1 He contend *359…

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