Harris v. Fischer, No. 14-2957 (2d Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a former inmate at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, filed suit alleging claims related to her period of incarceration at Bedford Hills. Plaintiff alleged that three female officers grabbed her, threw her to the ground, lifted her smock, and forcibly opened her legs to allow a male officer to visually inspect her genitalia for cotton. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants. The court concluded that the district court's analysis of this claim rested on an incomplete assessment of the law, particularly the Fourth Amendment’s protection of an inmate’s right to bodily privacy. Because there are genuine disputes of material fact, the court vacated and remanded for further proceedings.
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