Calhoun v. Detella.

• Position: CIVIL RIGHTS - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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CRIPA -- Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

Calhoun v. Detella, 319 F.3d 936 (7th Cir. 2003). A male state prisoner sued prison employees under [section] 1983, alleging that a strip search conducted in the presence of female officers violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court dismissed the case for failure to state a claim and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, and vacated and remanded in part. The appeals court held that the prisoner's allegations stated an Eighth Amendment claim. The prisoner alleged that he was strip searched in front of female officers, that the officers made explicit gestures during the search and forced him to perform...