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· 12/23/2009

Sanchez v. Pereira-Castillo

Citations

  • 590 F.3d 31
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 28250
  • 2009 WL 4936397

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a private doctor could be considered a state actor when she acted at the behest of correctional officers and staff
  • holding that the court must determine whether a reasonable physician would have understood that her conduct violated the plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures for purposes of qualified immunity
  • observing that doctors conduct- ing search in a hygienic setting weighed in favor of reasona- bleness
  • holding that plaintiff stated a Fourth Amendment claim pursuant to § 1983 against sergeant of correctional facility because the plaintiff \specifically allege[d]\ the acts by the sergeant that \set in motion\ the chain of events leading to a constitutional violation
  • observing that doctors conduct- ing search in a hygienic setting weighed in favor of reasona- bleness
  • observing that doctors conduct- ing search in a hygienic setting weighed in favor of reasona- bleness

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Judges: Torruella, Leval, Lipez

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