United States Tenth Circuit

Where genuine fact issues exist as to the justification for conducting body searches in an open area, individual prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity from a prisoner's claim for civil rights violations from strip searches.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2002
• Published 05/03/2002

Judges

• HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY and HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kathleen L. Torres, Assistant United States Attorney (Thomas L. Strickland, United States Attorney, and Michael E. Hegarty, Assistant United States Attorney, were also on the briefs) for Defendants-Appellants., John S. Pfeiffer of Castle Rock, CO (Antony M. Noble of Perkins Coie, Denver, CO, with him on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee.