Robert Mcgill, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Stan W. Czerniak, Deputy Warden, Defendant-appellee, 83 F.3d 427 (9th Cir. 1996)

Before: CHOY, SKOPIL, FERGUSON Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM^** 

Robert McGill, an Arizona state prisoner, filed this civil rights action contending that his First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when prison officials conducted strip searches in view of female guards. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant. We affirm.

There is no First Amendment violation because McGill provided no evidence indicating that the practice of his religion was substantially burdened. See Bryant v. Gomez, 46 F.3d 948, 949 (9th Cir. 1995). McGill's Fourth Amendment rights were also not violated because the strip searches were reasonably related to legitimate penological interests; the searches were conducted to suppress a potential escape attempt, control the flow of contraband, and maintain prison security. See Michenfelder v. Sumner, 860 F.2d 328, 334 (9th Cir. 1988). No Eighth Amendment rights were implicated because there are no allegations that the searches caused physical or psychological pain. See Jordan v. Gardner, 986 F.2d 1521, 1531 (9th Cir. 1993) (en banc). Finally, McGill's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights were not violated because the prison's failure to adhere to regulations governing inmate searches did not present the type of atypical and significant deprivation that might conceivably create a liberty interest. See Sandin v. Conner, 115 S. Ct. 2293, 2300 (1995).

AFFIRMED.