Legal Opinion

May v. Trancoso

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 16, 2011No. 09-3196PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Aaron May, an inmate at Dixon Correctional Center serving a 50-year sentence for murder and a 15-year sentence for aggravated kidnaping, appeals the district court’s judgment in his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He maintains that prison officials violated his constitutional rights by strip searching him in front of female visitors, retaliating against him for protesting the search, subjecting him to a degrading drug test, and deliberately ignoring his shoulder injury. Because May provided sufficient evidence to show that guards strip searched him to humiliate him, we vacate the grant of…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. George v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  3. Burks v. RaemischCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Anthony Dewalt v. Lamark Carter, Correctional Officer Young, Carol BiesterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Marshall King v. Robert McCartyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
  2. Bowles v. Tennessee Department of Correctional - CCADistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2023
  3. Gregory Spence v. Tyrone Baker, et al.District Court, C.D. Illinois · 2026
  4. Pullen v. TaborDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2024
  5. Scott v. GreeneDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 2025

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