Legal Opinion
Rodriquez v. Furtado
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 11, 1991No. Civ. A. 87-1619-WFPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case arises out of a vaginal search of plaintiff Shirley Rodriquez on August 21, 1986. Defendants are Joseph Furtado, a detective in the Taunton Police Department who applied for and received a warrant for the body cavity search, David Westcoat, chief of the Taunton Police Department, the City of Taunton, Phillip Falkoff, M.D., who conducted the search, and Morton Hospital, Falkoff’s employer. Plaintiff alleges that Furtado knew or should have known that his warrant affidavit did not establish probable cause and that the execution…
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