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Second Circuit· 8/11/2015

Crawford v. Cuomo

Citations

  • 796 F.3d 252
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14023
  • 2015 WL 4728170

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that \no amount of gratuitous or sexually-motivated fondling of an inmate's genitals\ is constitutional
  • holding that “prison officials looking for contraband may subject inmates to reasonable strip searches and cavity searches”
  • explaining that \conduct that might not have been seen to rise to the severity of an Eighth Amendment violation 18 years ago may now violate community standards of decency\
  • explaining that physically invasive searches which might otherwise amount to excessive force are permissible when officers are seeking contraband
  • explaining that physically invasive searches which might otherwise amount to excessive force are permissible when officers are seeking contraband
  • noting that “prison officials looking for contraband may subject inmates to reasonable strip searches and cavity searches”

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Judges: Katzmann, Lynch, Walker

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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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