Whitman v. Nesic.

• Position: Prisoner brought violations of his 8th amendment rights - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

STRIP SEARCH

URINE TEST

Whitman v. Nesic, 368 F.3d 931 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought suit under [section] 1983 alleging that a strip search to which he was subjected constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court held that the strip search of the prisoner in conjunction with a random drug testing program did not constitute cruel and unusual...