Holt v. Hobbs
| Holt v. Hobbs | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 7, 2014 Decided January 20, 2015 | |
| Full case name | Gregory Houston Holt, A/K/A Abdul Maalik Muhammad, Petitioner v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al., Respondents |
| Docket no. | 13-6827 |
| Citations | 574 U.S. 352 (more) 135 S. Ct. 853; 190 L. Ed. 2d 747 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 509 F. App'x 561 (8th Cir. 2012) (per curiam); cert. granted, 571 U. S. 1236 (2014). |
| Holding | |
| An Arkansas prison policy which prohibited a Muslim prisoner from growing a short beard in accordance with his religious beliefs violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg, joined by Sotomayor |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor |
| Laws applied | |
| 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. | |
Holt v. Hobbs, 574 U.S. 352 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that an Arkansas prison policy which prohibited a Muslim prisoner from growing a short beard in accordance with his religious beliefs violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).