Legal Opinion
Janet Virgili v. Michelle Gilbert, John Morrison, and Joseph Masi
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 30, 2001No. 00-3371PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Janet Virgili appeals the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants Michelle Gilbert, John Morrison and Joseph Masi. Virgili challenges the district court’s ruling that defendants are entitled to qualified immunity because her Fourth Amendment right against a strip-search was not “clearly established” at the time of search. We AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
At all times relevant to this action, Virg-ili, Morrison and Masi were employees of the Mansfield Correctional Institution (“Manci”) and Gilbert was an Ohio State Highway…
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