WOOD v. HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 03-1564.

354 F.3d 57 (2003)

Geoffrey WOOD, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; Sheriff, Hancock County; and Linda Hannan, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Hylander Collier for appellant.

Peter T. Marchesi with whom Wheeler & Arey, P.A., was on brief for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Geoffrey Wood claims that he was unconstitutionally strip searched on three separate occasions by correctional officers at the Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth, Maine. He filed a lawsuit seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 from the county, the sheriff, and the jail administrator, but a jury found in favor of the defendants.1 On appeal, Wood contends

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