Lewis v. Idaho State Bd. of Corrections

68 F.3d 480 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. George Frank LEWIS, Plaintiff, and Edward N. JAGELS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IDAHO STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant, and Dottie Hook, Probation Officer; Officer Larry Armstrong; and Officer Fuller, Probation Officer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35112. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 13, 1995. Decided June 5, 1995. Before: BROWNING, WRIGHT, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 We affirm the lower court's grant of summary judgment for the defendants. 1 3 1. Constitutionality of the warrantless searches 4 A "special needs" exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement applies to searches involving probationers. Griffin v. Wisconsin, 483 U.S. 868, 873-75 (1987). The "permissible bounds of a probation search are governed by a reasonable suspicion standard." United States v. Davis, 932 F.2d 752, 758 (9th Cir. 1991). We agree with the lower court that…