US supreme court blocks Rastafarian man’s lawsuit over forced head-shaving in prison (opens original article in a new tab)

The US Supreme Court blocked a Rastafarian man's lawsuit against Louisiana prison officials for forcibly shaving his head, citing limitations in the relevant religious discrimination law.

• US Supreme Court dismissed a Rastafarian man's lawsuit against Louisiana prison officials for forcibly shaving his head in violation of his religious beliefs.
• The court ruled 6-3 that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 does not allow lawsuits against individual prison officials for monetary damages.
• The Rastafarian religion requires adherents to grow uncut dreadlocks, which the man was forced to cut during his 2020 prison stay.