( September 27, 2023, 12:45 PM EDT) -- VICTORIA, Texas — Whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s (TDCJ) grooming policy violates the First Amendment and federal law by failing to permit inmates to wear their hair in accordance with Native American religious beliefs is now moot because the TDCJ changed its policy during the pendency of an inmate’s case, a Texas federal judge found in dismissing the inmate’s claims without prejudice....