Legal Opinion

Cantley v. West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 14, 2014No. 13-7655PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge WYNN joined. Judge WYNN wrote a separate concurring opinion.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the visual strip-searching and delousing of two men held in two different jails in West Virginia. Plaintiffs Michael Cantley and Floyd Teter brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for damages and equitable relief against the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority (‘WVRJA”) and three former and current Executive Directors of the WVRJA. The WVRJA is the state agency tasked with…

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