Ohio Civil Service Employees Association v. Richard P. Seiter

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1988-10-04

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ENGEL, Chief Judge. The single issue in this appeal is whether Ohio prison officials are entitled to qualified immunity from a suit arising from their decision to authorize strip and body cavity searches of prison employees. Since we conclude that the Fourth Amendment right to be free of such searches was not clearly established at the time of their implementation, we hold tha…

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