PEREL v. VANDERFORD

No. 76-1606 Summary Calendar.

547 F.2d 278 (1977)

Bobby PEREL and Steven Bercu, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald E. VANDERFORD and Homer J. Fiegel, Agents of the United States Customs Agency of the Treasury Dept., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Howell, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wm. B. Hardie, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., John E. Clark, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

Alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by being required to submit to a strip search at the El Paso, Texas Border Station, plaintiffs-appellants, Bobby Perel and Steven Bercu, instituted a suit for damages. From the adverse jury verdict and judgment entered thereon, comes this appeal from the District Court for the Western District of Texas.

On January 9, 1975, appellants upon entering into the United States...

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