Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Souza

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 16, 1997No. 96-55662PublishedCited by 117 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Prison officials Gary R. Souza, T.M. De La Rosa, and G.D. Jordan (collectively, “Officials”) appeal the district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. California state prisoner Charles W. Thompson sued the Officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that a strip search and urinalysis drug test for contraband drugs violated his constitutional rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. Because Thompson has failed to show that the strip search and urinalysis test violated any clearly established…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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