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SMOTHERS v. GIBSON

No. 85-1745.

778 F.2d 470 (1985)

Burlis SMOTHERS, Appellant, v. Lt. J. GIBSON; Off. J. Stephens; Warden Willis Sargent, Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction; A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction; Off. Outlaw; Major Young; Warden Terry; Warden Larry Norris; Jane Doe; Mary Doe, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Hall, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Randal Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Burlis Smothers, a seventy-two year old woman, appeals from the district court's order granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissing her claim for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged civil rights violations arising out of a strip search. Smothers was searched by personnel of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction while she was visiting her son who is confined at that institution. The district...

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