Tribble v. Gardner

860 F.2d 321 Lanford D. TRIBBLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Booth GARDNER; Amos Reed; Robert Trimble, et al.; W.L. Kautzky; James C. Spalding; Lawrence Kincheloe; Snell, Sgt.; J. King; J. Christy; P. Edwards; R. Jones; R. Hansen, Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-3982. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 1988. Decided Oct. 25, 1988. Glenn L. Harvey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Corrections Div., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Leo J. Driscoll, Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before BEEZER, HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 The Governor of Washington and state prison authorities, defendants-appellants, appeal the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment based on the defense of qualified immunity. Plaintiff-appellee Lanford D. Tribble, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 seeking damages, declaratory and injunctive relief based upon the digital body cavity searches routinely conducted whenever a…