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BURGESS v. LOWERY

No. 98-3567.

201 F.3d 942 (2000)

Jess BURGESS and Marilyn Thompkins, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Louis LOWERY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 18, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janine L. Hoft (argued), Janis M. Susler, People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mark W. Marlott, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Springfield, IL, Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Michael P. Doyle (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 24, 2000.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, respectively the father and wife of inmates on death row in an Illinois prison, brought suit in federal district court against prison officials who forced each of the plaintiffs to submit to a strip search as a condition of being permitted to visit the inmate. Illinois prison regulations authorize strip searches of visitors only if the visitor consents and

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