Skundor v. McBride.

PositionPrisoner challenges visual body cavity searches violates his Fourth Amendment rights - Brief Article

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Skundor v. McBride, 280 F.Supp.2d 524 (S.D.W.Va. 2003). An inmate brought claims against corrections officials, challenging visual body cavity searches. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that the prison practice of performing visual body cavity searches when dangerous, sequestered prisoners left a recreation area, was rationally related to the legitimate penological objective of staff safety and did not violate the prisoners' Fourth Amendment rights. The court noted that there was a potential for the exchange of weapons in the recreation area, and that...

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