Court Finds Student Athlete’s Haircut Claim Moot

Sep 23, 2011

A federal judge has ruled for a school district in a case in which the district and several officials were sued by a student athlete, who claimed that a haircut policy violated his rights when it prevented him from playing for his middle school basketball team.   In short, the court found that one aspect of the plaintiff’s claim was moot since he could no longer play for the team, while the second part of the claim, which sought to bar the school for dismissing the plaintiff from the high
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