⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

A woman arrested on suspicion of shoplifting challenges how police recorded her in a hospital. During a medical emergency, she was handcuffed to a hospital bed while officers guarded her. Her lawsuit says two Tempe officers removed their body cameras and left them recording her exposed body for hours. She claims that the way they filmed her, not simply the use of cameras, violated her bodily privacy. The district judge found a constitutional violation plausibly alleged, but dismissed the case under qualified immunity. That doctrine shields officers from damages unless their conduct violated a constitutional right clearly established at the time. The appeal asks whether earlier privacy law gave fair warning in this hospital setting. Robert Campos, for the woman, will argue that the unnecessary filming was so obviously unlawful that no identical body-camera case was needed.

Jehangir v. East, et al. (No. 25-7755) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, argued October 28, 2026.