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Second Circuit· 8/18/1997

Varrone v. Bilotti

Citations

  • 123 F.3d 75
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 22252

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the \defendants bear the burden of showing that the challenged act was objectively reasonable\
  • noting that the qualified immunity inquiry turns, generally, on the objective legal reasonableness of a defendant’s actions
  • finding that it was erroneous for the district court to conclude that police officers had a duty to independently investigate the basis for a facially valid strip search order
  • extending qualified immunity to officials “carrying out [an] order, not facially invalid, issued by a superior officer who is protected by qualified immunity”
  • “correctional officers needed 13 reasonable suspicion to strip search prison visitors without violating their constitutional 14 rights”

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