Holt v Hobbs

Statutory right to practice religion – Substantial burden on – Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) grooming policy requiring inmates to be clean-shaven other than mustaches and quarter-inch beards for diagnosed dermatological problems – Muslim inmate challenging grooming policy under federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), asserting religious belief requiring he grow a beard but offering to maintain only half-inch beard as compromise – ADC rejecting compromise – District and appeals courts dismissing prisoner’s complaints – Supreme Court granting certiorari limited to question whether grooming policy violating RLUIPA to extent it prohibits petitioner from growing half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs – Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 USC s 2000 cc-1(a)(1)–(2); Arkansas Administrative Directive 98-04

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