The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the case of a former Louisiana prison inmate and Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by guards, in violation of his religious beliefs.

The former inmate, Damon Landor was moved to Raymond Laborde Correctional Center three weeks before the end of his five-month sentence in 2020. While at the state prison facility, guards cut his dreadlocks.

Landor had not cut his hair in almost 20 years for religious reasons and even presented the guards with a copy of an appeals court ruling that dealt with a similar case stating that cutting a religious person’s dreadlocks is a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, according to the Associated Press.

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