Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Maricopa County Sheriff's Department
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 5, 2011No. 07-16640PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge RAWLINSON; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge N.R. Smith.
OPINION
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
Charles E. Byrd (Byrd), a pretrial detainee at the time, was subjected to a cross-gender strip search of his genital area. Because the strip search was unreasonable under the facts of this case, we reverse the district court’s entry of judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Maricopa County Sheriffs Department and then-cadet Kathleen O’Connell (O’Connell).
I. BACKGROUND
While Byrd was a pretrial detainee in a minimum-security facility, Maricopa County jail officials ordered…
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