King v. McCarthy

Dist. Ct. erred in dismissing for failure to state cause of action plaintiff-prisoner’s 1983 action alleging that defendants-prison officials’ transportation of plaintiff from county jail to state prison while clothed in transparent jumpsuit that exposed plaintiff’s genitals and buttocks violated his 8th Amendment rights, where plaintiff alleged that use of transparent jumpsuit had no legitimate correctional purpose, but was instead used to humiliate and inflict psychological pain. Moreover, Dist. Ct. erred in granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s 4th Amendment claim on basis that plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, where plaintiff’s transfer made it impossible to comply with jail’s specific grievance procedures. However, plaintiff could not prevail on merits of his 4th Amendment claim, where plaintiff’s status as convicted prisoner precluded him from establishing that wearing said jumpsuit constituted unreasonable search in absence of allegation that defendants had actually intruded into his body.