Legal Opinion
Tracy Ray Vaughan, and Mark Koch, Donald Nelson, and Mark Osborne v. James Ricketts
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1991No. 90-16282, 90-16328 and 90-16332PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
A group of Arizona state prisoners brought this § 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that they had violated the prisoners’ Fourth and Eighth Amendment rights by conducting rectal searches for explosives. The case was tried before a jury, which concluded that the prison officials violated both the Fourth and Eighth Amendments, but that they were entitled to qualified immunity from suit on both claims.
Koch, Nelson and Osborne, all prisoners who were searched, appeal. They claim that there is insufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding of qualified…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Karen Kennedy v. Los Angeles Police Department City of Los Angeles James J. King Stanley A. SchottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Sloman v. TadlockCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Bruce Foy Lowry v. Samuel LewisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Sloman v. TadlockCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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