Reuven Maimon, A/K/A Raymond McMahon v. Louie Wainwright and Raymond G. Massey

Eleventh Circuit

Reuven Maimon, A/K/A Raymond McMahon v. Louie Wainwright and Raymond G. Massey

792 F.2d 133

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

DecidedJuly 7, 1986

Docket85-3555

StatusPublished

Cited by6 cases

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Reuven Maimon, A/K/A Raymond McMahon v. Louie Wainwright and Raymond G. Massey, 792 F.2d 133 (11th Cir. 1986).

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PER CURIAM:

Appellant Maimón is a practitioner of the Lubavitch sect of Orthodox Judaism who is confined to a maximum security Florida state prison. The grooming regulations of the Florida Department of Corrections, enacted pursuant to statute, require that inmates be clean shaven and that sideburns be unflared and no longer than the inmate’s ear lobe. Maimón filed this suit contending that this rule violates his free exercise of religion under the First Amendment because the tenets of his faith require that the male face not be shaved and that payehs or earlocks be maintained and allowed to grow freely. It is not disputed that these are tenets of Maimon’s faith and that his beliefs are sincerely held. The district court denied relief.

This case is controlled by our decision in Shabazz v. Barnauska, 790 F.2d 1536 and Shabazz v. Williams, 790 F.2d 1536 (11th Cir.1986), decided by the same district court and affirmed by this court. Shabazz, a Muslim, raised essentially the same arguments that are made by Maimón (particularly the argument that the state could take repeated photographs of inmates from time to time as they lengthened or shortened their hair and beards, and that this procedure presented a less restrictive alternative). This court rejected them.

AFFIRMED.

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PER CURIAM:

Appellant Maimón is a practitioner of the Lubavitch sect of Orthodox Judaism who is confined to a maximum security Florida state prison. The grooming regulations of the Florida Department of Corrections, enacted pursuant to statute, require that inmates be clean shaven and that sideburns be unflared and no longer than the inmate’s ear lobe. Maimón filed this suit contending that this rule violates his free exercise of religion under the First Amendment because the tenets of his faith require that the male face not be shaved and that payehs or earlocks be maintained and allowed to grow freely. It is not disputed that these are tenets of Maimon’s faith and that his beliefs are sincerely held. The district court denied relief.

This case is controlled by our decision in Shabazz v. Barnauska, 790 F.2d 1536 and Shabazz v. Williams, 790 F.2d 1536 (11th Cir.1986), decided by the same district court and affirmed by this court. Shabazz, a Muslim, raised essentially the same arguments that are made by Maimón (particularly the argument that the state could take repeated photographs of inmates from time to time as they lengthened or shortened their hair and beards, and that this procedure presented a less restrictive alternative). This court rejected them.

AFFIRMED.

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