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· 7/8/1983

Louis W. Hodges v. Lt. Leonard Stanley Dale Thomas, Warden, Metropolitan Correction Center and Several Unknown Correctional Officers

Citations

  • 712 F.2d 34
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 25947

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a plaintiff stated a Fourth Amendment claim where consecutive body- cavity searches were unnecessary
  • holding that a plaintiff stated a Fourth Amendment claim where consecutive body-cavity searches were unnecessary
  • holding that a plaintiff stated a Fourth Amendment claim where consecutive body-cavity searches were unnecessary
  • holding that inmate stated a constitutional claim where “[t]he second search took place shortly after the first” while the inmate was under “continuous escort” thus rendering the second search “unnecessary”
  • second strip search performed soon after a first strip search served no legitimate interest when prisoner was under continuous escort

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Judges: Oakes, Cardamone, Bartels

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