Gallagher v. Neil Young Freedom Concert

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants challenge the district court’s order granting' summary judgment against them in an action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They assert that, prior to entering an arena on the University of Utah campus to attend a concert, they were subjected to unreasonable pat-down searches in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The district court fodnd that because the searches were conducted by employees of a private security company, they did not constitute the state action necessary to support a Section 1983 claim.

We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment…