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COUCH v. JABE

No. 11-6560.

679 F.3d 197 (2012)

William R. COUCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John M. JABE; Daniel A. Braxton; Steve Hollar, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 11, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey Edward Fogel, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Earle Duncan Getchell, Jr., Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General of Virginia, Charles E. James, Jr., Chief Deputy Attorney General, Wesley G. Russell, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Justice O'CONNOR and Judge SHEDD joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

William R. Couch, a Sunni Muslim currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility, brought this action alleging that prison officials violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA") by refusing to permit him to grow a one-eighth-inch beard in compliance with the requirements of his faith. The district court granted summary judgment to the prison officials...

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