Darryl George had sought the order to reenroll at his Houston-area high school after leaving at the start of his senior year because district officials were set to continue punishing him.

A federal judge denied a request by a Black student in Texas for a court order his lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume.

Officials suspended Darryl George, 19, last August, saying his dreadlocks violated the dress code. Mr George asked district Judge Jeffrey Brown to issue a temporary restraining order so he could return to his Houston-area school as a federal lawsuit he filed over the suspension proceeds.

An attorney for a Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year in high school over his hairstyle says he's left his school district rather than face the same punishment for another year.

George's long hair, which he wears in coiled and tied locs on top of his head, is allegedly against school policy since it falls below his earlobes, according to the district

A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student’s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume.