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Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary for Florida Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. Steven GOBIN, Respondent.
    No. 97-3542.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Jan. 21, 1998.
    Natalie Duguid, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
    No response for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the circuit court’s order prohibiting, based on religious reasons, the cutting of respondent’s hair. See Florida Dept. of Corrections v. Wilson, 594 So.2d 330 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); sec. 945.04(1), Fla. Stat. (1995); Martinelli v. Dugger, 817 F.2d 1499 (11th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1012, 108 S.Ct. 714, 98 L.Ed.2d 664 (1988); Harris v. Chapman, 97 F.3d 499 (11th Cir.1996), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 2422, 138 L.Ed.2d 185 (1997).

DELL, GUNTHER and GROSS, JJ., concur.