Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Lynn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1994No. 92-03759PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from an institution-wide “shakedown” of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, ordered by the defendant Bruce N. Lynn, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, because of an increasing number of murders, suicides, stabbings, and cuttings among the inmate population. Under Lynn’s order, the plaintiff, Keith David Elliott, along with all other prisoners, submitted to a visual body cavity search at the prison. The search was conducted in the general presence of other inmates, several guards, and three other bystanders. Following this…
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