GRUMMETT v. RUSHEN

No. 84-2059.

779 F.2d 491 (1985)

George GRUMMETT, John Weichman, Richard Johnson, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ruth R. RUSHEN, Director, California Department of Corrections; Reginald L. Pulley, Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Specter, San Quentin, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Tom Dove, Dep. Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before SNEED, TANG and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


TANG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, inmates at San Quentin prison ("inmates"), brought a class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (1982) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). The inmates asserted that the prison policy and practice of allowing female correctional officers to view male inmates in states of partial or total nudity while dressing, showering, being strip searched, or using toilet facilities violated rights of privacy...

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