· 5/12/1992
Michael R. Cornwell, Cross-Appellant v. Eric G. Dahlberg, Dennis R. Baker, Sgt. Tony Wilson, Cross-Appellees
Citations
- 963 F.2d 912
- 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 10373
- 1992 WL 95794
How courts have described this case
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- holding that prisoners subjected to an outdoor strip search in front of a number of female officers created the question of a constitutional violation
- holding that prisoners subjected to an outdoor strip search in front of a number of female officers created the question of a constitutional violation
- holding that “a convicted prisoner maintains some reasonable expectations of privacy while in prison”
- recognizing the facial validity of a Fourth Amendment invasion-of-privacy claim where male prisoners were allegedly strip searched in the prison yard in the presence of other inmates and female officers
- observing right to privacy claim under Fourth Amendment where male inmate forced to endure outdoor strip search in presence of female correctional officers
- finding strip search of prisoners conducted outdoors on cold, muddy ground after prison uprising a reasonable response to an emergency situation
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Judges: Milburn, Suhrheinrich, Timbers
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