Legal Opinion
Forde v. Baird
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 25, 2010No. Civil 3:03-CV-1424 (EBB)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ELLEN BREE BURNS, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Beverly Forde (“Forde”) is a practicing Sunni Muslim incarcerated at the all-female Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut (“FCI Danbury”) where Maureen P. Baird is Warden (“Respondent”). 1 Male correctional officers at FCI Danbury, per Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) policy, engage in both routine and emergency pat searches of inmates to ensure the safety and security of the facility. Forde contends that FCI Danbury’s policy of permitting male correctional officers to pat search her in non-emergency situations…
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