HARRINGTON-WISELY
HARRINGTON-WISELY v. State
Opinion
Opinion
Perluss, J.
Gail Marie Harrington-Wisely and several additional plaintiffs (collectively, Wisely) appeal from the stipulated judgment entered after the trial court granted summary adjudication on 10 causes of action in favor of the State of California, the California Department of Corrections (CDC) (now California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Gov. Code, § 12838), the California State Prison at Lancaster and several prison officials (collectively, government defendants) in this action arising out of the search of visitors to 11 California prisons. We dismiss Wisely’s appeal because the stipulated judgment is not an appealable judgment or order.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
1. California State Prisons’ X-ray and Search of Visitors
From 1999 through March 2001, 11 institutions operated by the CDC required all visitors to pass through a backscatter X-ray machine, the Secure 1000, as a means of detecting concealed weapons and contraband, such as money and narcotics. The Secure 1000 discharged low-level backscatter X-rays that penetrated a few centimeters into a person’s skin, producing a spectral-like computer image of the body, including an outline of breasts,…