United States First Circuit

Orders certifying class actions in two jailhouse strip search cases are affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2004
• Published 04/09/2004

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter T. Marchesi with whom Wheeler & Arey, P.A., John J. Wall, III, and Monaghan Leahy, LLP were on brief for appellants Knox County, Daniel Davey and York County., James R. Pingeon, Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, Inc., Deborah M. Golden, D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project, and William Claiborne on brief for Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, and D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project, Amici Curiae., Christina R.L. Norris, Donna A. Schneiter and Sarah Wunsch, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, on brief for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Stolt with whom Sumner H. Lipman, Lipman, Katz & McKee, P.A., Dale Thistle, Law Office of Dale Thistle and Frank DiPrima were on brief for appellee Laurie Tardiff., Robert J. Stolt for appellees Michele Nilsen, et al., Howard Friedman, J. Lizette Richards, Law Offices of Howard Friedman, P.C., David G. Webbert and Johnson & Webbert, L.L.P. on brief for appellees Michele Nilsen, et al.