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UNITED STATES v. LILLY

Nos. 77-5468, 77-5533.

576 F.2d 1240 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherry Marie LILLY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Merrilyn M. GALLEGOS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wallace Brady, Fort Worth, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant in No. 77-5468.

Anne M. Srebro, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee in No. 77-5468.

R. David Broiles, Fort Worth, Tex. (Court-appointed), Grace B. Hopkins, Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellant in No. 77-5533.

Kenneth J. Mighell, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Shirley Baccus-Lobel, R. H. Wallace, Asst. U. S. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee in Nos. 77-546 and 77-5533.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

The case on appeal raises the question of the legal validity of body cavity searches conducted on federal inmates when they return to prison after unsupervised absences. Defendants-appellants Merrilyn M. Gallegos and Sherry Marie Lilly were inmates at the federal correctional institution (F.C.I.) at Fort Worth, Texas. In unrelated incidents, prison officials discovered both defendants attempting to smuggle contraband into prison in a...

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