U.S. Appeals Court: VISITOR SEARCHES.

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Burgess v. Lowery, 201 F.3d 942 (7th Cir. 2000). Visitors who had been strip searched sued state prison officials under [sections] 1983 seeking damages and injunctive relief. The district court denied the defendants' motion to dismiss and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the visitors' right not to be strip searched in the absence of reasonable suspicion that he or she was carrying contraband was clearly established. State prison regulations authorize strip searches of...