United States Fifth Circuit

Of several 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, plaintiffs successfully overcame the qualified immunity defense with regard to an illegal strip search by a law enforcement official. Claims of unlawful detention, invasion of privacy, and oral harassment were unsuccessful.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/09/2003
• Published 12/09/2003

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:**, Before WIENER and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and FURGESON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Charles Bundren (argued), Wm. Charles Bundren & Associates, Frisco, TX, for Thomas Gene Brown., Stephen Cass Weiland (argued), Robert Allen Hawkins, Patton Boggs, Dallas, TX, for Kaufman County., John Bernard Rizo, Sr., Garland, TX, Edgar Leon Carter (argued), Carter Law firm, Dallas, TX, for Robert Harris.