United States Eighth Circuit

In a prisoner civil rights action, district court judgment is affirmed where the searches made by the treatment facility staff were not unreasonable, and while at the outer reach of what is constitutionally permitted, they were not a violation of plaintiff's civil rights, as: 1) the defendants' security and treatment concerns were genuine and serious; 2) the searches were conducted privately, safely, and professionally; and 3) the facility was reacting to a recurring problem.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/03/2009
• Published 06/03/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Katherine H. Purdy, argued, St. Louis, MO (D. Bruce La Pierre, Wash. U. School of Law and K. Lee Marshall, Bryan Cave LLP, Matthew J. Mailloux, Elizabeth A. Peters, Ashley E. Tremain, Jonathan D. Van Duren and Drew H. Yaeger, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barbara E. Berg Windels, AAG, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.