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· 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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