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BONITZ v. FAIR

Nos. 85-1746, 85-1809.

804 F.2d 164 (1986)

Karen BONITZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Michael V. FAIR, et al., Defendants, Appellants. Karen BONITZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Michael V. FAIR, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of William SHAUGHNESSY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta Thomas Brown, Legal Counsel to the Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., was on brief for defendants, appellants Fair, Holbrook, Trabucco, Agnes, Droney, Canty, Bettencourt, Butterworth, Coalter, Washburn and Gendron.

J. Richard Ratcliffe with whom Richard L. Zisson and Zisson and Veara, were on brief for defendant, appellant William Shaughnessy.

John Reinstein, Mass. Civil Liberties Union Foundation, with whom Ann Lambert Greenblatt, Mass. Correctional Legal Services, Inc., Robert E. Fast, Hale & Dorr, Robert Sherman, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Ass'n, and Judith Mizner, Nancy Gertner and Silverglate, Gertner, Baker, Fine & Good, were on brief for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a wide-ranging search conducted at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham (Framingham), a medium security prison for women and men. Plaintiffs-appellees, nine female inmates, claim inter alia violations of their federal constitutional rights by twelve officers and officials of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, the Massachusetts State Police Department, and the Office of the Middlesex County District...

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