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UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 00-6999

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; KEVIN A. EGGLESTON,

                                          Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          and

DONALD WELLS; S. BATTS; D. WILSON; D. MCBRIDE;
JOHN HARRIS; ERIC HOBBS; NASH; DONALD WAYNE
PEERY; STEVEN C. WHISENANT; WALTER EPPS;
WESLEY HAMMOND; CLARENCE W. TERRY; THOMAS
ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES,

                                                       Plaintiffs,

          versus

GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director, Virginia
Department of Corrections; RON ANGELONE, Di-
rector, Virginia Department of Corrections; W.
P. ROGERS, Regional Director, Virginia Depart-
ment of Corrections; C. D. LARSON, Warden,
Lunenburg Correctional Center; CAROL WALLACE,
Associate Warden of Operations, Lunenburg
Correctional Center; JERRY R. TOWNSEND, Major,
Lunenburg Correctional Center; sued in their
individual and official capacities; VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

                                           Defendants - Appellees.
                           No. 00-7705

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S.
BATTS; D. WILSON; ERIC HOBBS; KEVIN A.
EGGLESTON; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES;
KIP EDWARD BAILEY, SR.; ARTIE HATHAWAY; JAMES
R. KIRBY,

                                         Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          and

WALTER EPPS,

                                                          Plaintiff,

          versus

GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director, Virginia
Department of Corrections; RON ANGELONE, Di-
rector, Virginia Department of Corrections; W.
P. ROGERS, Regional Director, Virginia Depart-
ment of Corrections; C. D. LARSON, Warden,
Lunenburg Correctional Center; CAROL WALLACE,
Associate Warden of Operations, Lunenburg
Correctional Center; JERRY R. TOWNSEND, Major,
Lunenburg Correctional Center; sued in their
individual and official capacities; VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

                                          Defendants - Appellees,

          versus

KAREEM HARRIS,

                                                 Movant - Appellant.

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                           No. 00-7706

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S.
BATTS; D. WILSON; ERIC HOBBS; KEVIN A.
EGGLESTON; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES;
KIP EDWARD BAILEY, SR.; ARTIE HATHAWAY; JAMES
R. KIRBY,

                                         Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          and

IRA WAYNE MADISON,

                                                          Plaintiff,

          versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Depart-
ment of Corrections; GENE JOHNSON, Director,
Virginia Department of Corrections; DAVID A.
GARRAGHTY, Warden, G.R.C.C.; G.R.C.C. STAFF
AND SECURITY,

                                          Defendants - Appellees,

          versus

KAREEM HARRIS,

                                                 Movant - Appellant.

                           No. 00-7707

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S.
BATTS; D. WILSON; ERIC HOBBS; KEVIN A.
EGGLESTON; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES;

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KIP EDWARD BAILEY, SR.; ARTIE HATHAWAY; JAMES
R. KIRBY,

                                         Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          and

RICHARD GUTHRIE; DERRICK D. STEELE; CASHA S.
AL; UHURU NASHEED,

                                                         Plaintiffs,

          versus

GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director; RONALD
ANGELONE, Director; K.V. BONNER, Unit Manager,

                                             Defendants - Appellees,

          versus

KAREEM HARRIS,

                                                 Movant - Appellant.

                           No. 00-7708

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S.
BATTS; D. WILSON; ERIC HOBBS; KEVIN A.
EGGLESTON; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES;
KIP EDWARD BAILEY, SR.; ARTIE HATHAWAY; JAMES
R. KIRBY,

                                         Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          and

I-TAL RASTAFARIAN COMMUNITY; LIAN J. ROSS,

                                                         Plaintiffs,

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          versus

RON ANGELONE,

                                            Defendant - Appellee,

          and

RON DE’ANGELO, Director, Virginia Department
of Corrections,

                                                          Defendant,

          versus

KAREEM HARRIS,

                                                 Movant - Appellant.

                           No. 00-7709

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S.
BATTS; D. WILSON; ERIC HOBBS; KEVIN A.
EGGLESTON; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES;
KIP EDWARD BAILEY, SR.; ARTIE HATHAWAY; JAMES
R. KIRBY,

                                         Plaintiffs - Appellants,

          and

T. UNDERSTANDING ALLAH,

                                                          Plaintiff,

          versus

R. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Department of
Corrections,

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                                              Defendant - Appellee,

          versus

KAREEM HARRIS,

                                                Movant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District
Judge. (CA-99-1818-AM, CA-99-1859-AM, CA-00-18-AM, CA-00-170-AM,
CA-00-211-AM)

Submitted:   May 29, 2001                  Decided:   June 27, 2001

Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Keith William DeBlasio, Kevin A. Eggleston, Donald Wells, S. Batts,
D. Wilson, Eric Hobbs, Thomas Alexander, Derrick K. Jones, Kip
Edward Bailey, Sr., Artie Hathaway, James R. Kirby, Kareem Harris,
Appellants Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral, Rick Randall Linker, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:

     Appellants appeal the district court’s order granting summary

judgment in favor of the Defendants in their civil action chal-

lenging Division Operating Procedure 864—a prison grooming policy

requiring that male inmates’ hair not be more than one inch in

thickness/depth and prohibiting beards.   We have reviewed the rec-

ord and the district court’s opinion, along with the Appellants’

numerous allegations of error, and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court.

DeBlasio v. Johnson, Nos. CA-99-1818-AM; CA-99-1859-AM; CA-00-18-

AM; CA-00-170-AM; CA-00-211-AM (E.D. Va. June 26, 2000; Oct. 30,

2000).   We deny Appellants’ pending motions for appointment of

counsel and further case consolidation.     We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before the court and argument would not

aid the decisional process.

                                                          AFFIRMED

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