Jatin Patel v. Kevin Searles and Debra Swanson

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal deals with the constitutional right of intimate association. Although clearly recognized in a general way by the Supreme Court and in scholarly writings, all of its boundaries have not yet been fixed. We think it unnecessary for our purposes to attempt to fully remedy that lack. Like the wind that blows where it wills and can be heard, yet no one knows "from where it cometh and whither it~ goeth" John 3:8, this constitutional right is real despite the lack of exact knowledge regarding its derivation and contours.

Plaintiff Jatin Patel sued defendants Kevin…