United States Fifth Circuit
ROE v. TEXAS DEP'T OF PROTECTIVE & REGULATORY SERV., 01-50711
A social worker is entitled to qualified immunity for visually searching a child's body cavities without a court order, where children's rights against such searches were not "clearly established" at the time of the search.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/17/2002
- Published 07/17/2002
Judges
- JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Scott W. Somerville, Purcellville, VA, for Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Robert Smead Hogan (argued), Gorsuch & Byrd, Lubbock, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., James C. Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nancy Kathleen Juren, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX for Defendant-Appellant.