United States Eighth Circuit

In a suit against a city and police officers for alleged civil rights violations arising from a strip search of plaintiff in his motel room, denial of qualified immunity for defendant-officer is reversed where a reasonable officer in defendant's position would not have understood that the strip search of plaintiff in his motel room would violate his constitutional rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/21/2007
• Published 06/21/2007

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY,SMITH and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant-cross/appellee was Paul Applebaum of St. Paul, Minnesota.   Also appearing on the brief was Scott W. Swanson., Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee-cross/appellant was Jon. K. Iverson of Bloomington, Minnesota.   Also appearing on the brief was Jason J. Kuboushek.