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012574P.pdf 11/26/2002 Robin Hill v. Kevin McKinley
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 01-2574
Southern District of Iowa
Civil case - civil rights. It was not a violation of plaintiff's
privacy rights for male prison guards to require her to disrobe
in their presence before she was placed in a padded cell after
she became violent; nor was it a violation of her rights to
permit male guards to make the transfer to the cell; while
the guard's actions in strapping plaintiff spread-eagle to a
restrainer board for three and one-half hours while she was
naked was a violation of her constitutional right to privacy,
the guards were still entitled to qualified immunity on this
claim as her right to be free from such an invasion was not
clearly established, and the district court erred in denying
defendant's motion for qualified immunity; award of
attorneys' fees reversed; there was sufficient evidence to
support plaintiff's state law claim for invasion of privacy;
given the evidence, a reasonable juror could have believed
that plaintiff's physical injuries were caused by the restraints
imposed while defendants were violating plaintiff's privacy
rights and the damage award for violation of her privacy rights
is affirmed; dissent by Chief Judge Hansen.