Legal Opinion

Covino v. Patrissi

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 17, 1992No. 674, Docket 91-2362PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

Robert H. Covino appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Fred I. Parker, Chief Judge, denying his motion for a preliminary injunction in a suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the visual body-cavity search procedure employed in a Vermont state prison. We affirm the order of the district court.

BACKGROUND

In August 1988, plaintiff-appellant Robert H. Covino, then a pre-trial detainee1 in the custody of the State of Vermont was *75transferred to the Northwest State Correctional Facility (“NWSCF”), where he was…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by100 opinions

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  3. McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  4. Sanchez v. Pereira-CastilloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  5. Peggy Poe v. John Leonard, Defendant-Third Party-Plaintiff-Appellant, Douglas Pearl, State of Connecticut, Third-Party-DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002

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