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COVINO v. PATRISSI

No. 674, Docket 91-2362.

967 F.2d 73 (1992)

Robert H. COVINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph PATRISSI, Commissioner of Corrections; Heinz Arenz; David W. Martinson; Paul Pelletier; David A. Turner; Thomas Porwitzky; William D. Finnigan; and K.W. Oddy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Sander, New York City (Michael T. Mervis, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas J. Rushford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, Vt. (Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen. State of Vt., Michael McShane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Corrections, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before: CARDAMONE, PIERCE, and MINER, Circuit Judges.

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

Robert H. Covino appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Fred I. Parker, Chief Judge, denying his motion for a preliminary injunction in a suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the visual body-cavity search procedure employed in a Vermont state prison. We affirm the order of the district court.

BACKGROUND

In August 1988, plaintiff-appellant Robert H...

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