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· 4/22/2005

Rodriguez v. McClenning

Citations

  • 399 F. Supp. 2d 228
  • 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6925
  • 2005 WL 937483

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing “a national consensus that any sexual assault of a prisoner by a prison employee constitutes cruel and unusual punishment”
  • finding sexual assault by a corrections officer “would constitute an Eight Amendment violation because such behavior violates contemporary standards of decency”
  • “[Plaintiff] had no constitutional right to be free from cell searches of any kind. . . .”

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Judges: Scheindlin

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