A federal appeals panel has handed a Rastafarian prisoner a mixed legal victory.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled some of the man’s free-religion claims against a central Illinois facility can carry forward while rejecting others.A nonprecedential, per curiam order from the judges last week deemed the prison policy banning contact between inmates with dreadlocks, like plaintiff Adama Njie, and their visitors was questionable enough under federal law to warrant further scrutiny.Additionally, the man …