Stuart Grassian, James Gilligan, Thomas Gutheil, et al.
Amici Curiae
Seth P. Waxman, Counsel of Record Stuart Grassian, James Gilligan, and Thomas Gutheil are joined in this brief by three other psychiatrists who have studied the psychiatric harm caused by strip searches. Seth P. Waxman is a partner with the law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, where he chairs the appellate and Supreme Court practice group. He served as U.S. solicitor general from 1997 to January 2001. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 27, 2011. Strip searches threaten severe, often lasting…
