HEARRING v. SLIWOWSKI

No. 12-5194.

712 F.3d 275 (2013)

Melissa HEARRING, Individually and as natural mother and next friend of B.H., a minor child, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karen SLIWOWSKI, Individually, Defendant-Appellant, Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County Tennessee, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Allison L. Bussell , Department of Law of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Phillip L. Davidson , Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Allison L. Bussell , Kevin C. Klein , Department of Law of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Phillip L. Davidson , Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, MOORE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

In this case, a school nurse, Defendant-Appellant Karen Sliwowski ("Sliwowski"), conducted a visual examination of six-year-old female student B.H.'s genital area for medical purposes in response to the student's complaints of itching and discomfort in the area. The student's mother, Plaintiff-Appellee Melissa Hearring ("Hearring"), on behalf of B.H., alleges that this medical examination violated B.H.'s Fourth...

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