Hayes v. Marriott

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Willie T. Hayes appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint alleging that state prison officials violated his Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights during a January 1991 search of inmates at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility. Because the record does not support the grant of summary judgment against Mr. Hayes on his Fourth Amendment claim, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

In his complaint, Mr. Hayes alleges that in January 1991 he was subjected to an unreasonable body cavity search that was…