Greenawalt v. Indiana Department of Corrections
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
397 F.3d 587 (7th Cir. 2005)
Relevant factsFree
The Indiana Department of Corrections (defendant) required Greenawalt (plaintiff), a research analyst, to take a two-hour psychological test examining her personality, psychological adjustment, and health after two years on the job as a condition of retaining her position; Greenawalt sued under Section 1983, claiming the test was an unreasonable search violating the Fourth Amendment, seeking damages and expungement of the results. The district court dismissed, finding the Department wasn't a suable "person" under Section 1983 and that individual defendants had official immunity.
IssueFree
Whether a psychological test constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.