Nifong v. United States

upholding a policy permitting pat searches of males by female guards, even where there might be incidental contact with the genital area | upholding a policy permitting pat searches of males by female guards, even where there might be incidental contact with the genital area | Where likelihood of success “is less forceful ... a movant would have to make a stronger showing of irreparable harm in order to tip the balance of equity in his favor.” | reversed district court’s denial of preliminary injunction in light of clear showing of likelihood of success on the merits where Ninth Circuit had previously declared the patents valid and plaintiff had admitted infringement | state prison regulations that required female prisoners to be frisked only by female security guards while male prisoners were subject to being frisked by female security guards did not violate equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment | public policy favors protection of the rights secured by the valid patents