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VAUGHAN v. RICKETTS

Nos. 90-16282, 90-16328 and 90-16332.

950 F.2d 1464 (1991)

Tracy Ray VAUGHAN, et al., Plaintiffs, and Mark Koch, Donald Nelson, and Mark Osborne, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James RICKETTS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Weinstein and Robert P. Jarvis, Arizona State University College of Law Appellate Clinic, Tempe, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants Koch and Nelson.

Deborah M. Fine, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant Osborne.

Thomas J. Dennis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees.

Before D.W. NELSON, HALL and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

A group of Arizona state prisoners brought this § 1983 action against prison officials, alleging that they had violated the prisoners' Fourth and Eighth Amendment rights by conducting rectal searches for explosives. The case was tried before a jury, which concluded that the prison officials violated both the Fourth and Eighth Amendments, but that they were entitled to qualified immunity from suit on both claims.

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