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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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OPINION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a state 

inmate, filed this lawsuit complaining that he should 

receive a religious exception accommodation to the 

grooming policy recently adopted by the Alabama 

Department of Corrections which would allow him to grow 

a beard of not more than one-half inch in length. This 

lawsuit is now before the court on the recommendation 

of the United States Magistrate Judge that plaintiff’s 

motion for a preliminary injunction be denied and that 

his case be dismissed without prejudice for failure to 

file the requisite fees or provide the court with 

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

ERIC ARRINGTON, also known )

as Prince Eric Arrington 

El (A.R.R.),

)

)

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv674-MHT

) (WO)

COMMISSIONER: JEFFERSON S. 

DUNN, et al.,

)

)

)

 Defendants. )

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financial information in compliance with the order of 

this court. There are no objections to the 

recommendation. After an independent and de novo 

review of the record, the court concludes that the 

magistrate judge’s recommendation should be adopted.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 25th day of November, 2015.

_ /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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