Case Name: Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary for Florida Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. Steven GOBIN, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-01-21
Citations: 704 So. 2d 225
Docket Number: No. 97-3542
Parties: Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Secretary for Florida Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. Steven GOBIN, Respondent.
Judges: DELL, GUNTHER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 704
Pages: 225–226

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.