Somers v. Thurman

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1997-03-25

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TROTT, Circuit Judge: I. OVERVIEW Female prison guards (collectively, “Officials”) appeal a district court order denying them qualified immunity in a male prisoner’s civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . California state prisoner *616 Keith Somers sued the Officials and their supervisors for…

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