Legal Opinion
Richard W. Spence v. Hal Farrier
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 24, 1986No. 85-1902PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STROM, District Judge.
The appellants, prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary, appeal from the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa granting summary judgment against them. They allege they were deprived of constitutional rights arising under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments by virtue of drug testing policies and procedures at the Penitentiary.
I. BACKGROUND
Appellants filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief for deprivation, under color of state law, of their Fourth Amendment right to be free from…
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