RODRIQUES v. FURTADO

No. 91-1262.

950 F.2d 805 (1991)

Shirley Mello RODRIQUES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Joseph FURTADO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Patten, Fall River, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant.

Allen N. David with whom Chantal M. Healey and Peabody & Arnold, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Joseph Furtado, David Westcoat and City of Taunton.

Thomas M. Elcock with whom Peter C. Knight, David E. Maglio and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Phillip M. Falkoff, M.D. and Morton Hosp., Inc.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, HILL, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought a § 1983 action seeking damages for deprivation of her Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches resulting from a search of her vagina conducted pursuant to a warrant. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the appellees' motions for summary judgment and this appeal was brought, 771 F.Supp. 1245.

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