Court Dismisses Claim by Basketball Player with Bad Haircut

A federal judge from the Southern District of Indiana has found that a school’s haircut policy for the boys’ basketball team did not constitute gender discrimination, infringe upon a student’s due process rights, or deny him equal protection.   In sum, the court found that the aforementioned claims could not survive on their merits.   This case arose after A.H., the son of plaintiffs Patrick Hayden and Melissa Hayden, was removed from the Greensburg Junior High School boy’s bas