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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. St. Eve finds that the district court properly ruled against a formerly imprisoned Rastafarian, barring his suit against Illinois corrections officials for the coerced shaving of his “unsearchable” dreadlocks. The former inmate, whose religious beliefs prohibit him from cutting his hair, acquiesced after the warden brought a tactical team and Mace to his cell and threatened to forcibly cut his hair. The former inmate concedes that his claim for injunctive relief is moot now that he is out of prison. He waived his claim for money damages from the prison officials in their official capacities without qualification. Pending “a fully developed” district court record, the appeal court declines to rule on whether a federal law concerning religious beliefs of institutionalized persons authorizes the formerly inmate to seek monetary damages from the prison officers in their individual capacities. Affirmed.