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063473P.pdf   08/11/2008  Michael J. Fegans  v.  Larry Norris
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3473
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Riley and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
   Prisoner case - prisoner civil rights. Prison grooming regulations
   limiting the length of hair and beards were justified by compelling
   security interests and did not violate plaintiff's rights under the
   Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act or the First
   Amendment; nominal award of $1500 for violating plaintiff's rights by
   failing to provide him kosher meals was sufficient, and the district
   court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's request for
   a greater amount of damages. Judge Melloy, concurring in part and
   dissenting in part.