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Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Physical Injury Rule Doesn't Bar Strip Search Suit by Vacating dismissal by the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner adequately pleaded an Eighth Amendment violation in a prison strip-search and that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e) does not bar …
Brief • September 9, 2003
Minor v. D.C., Settlement, Youth Jail Tour, Strip Search, 2003 I RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That 1, Michele Minor, residinq:t 14' b M4S~S~3 h.t~, S.l;.. W~4tTPn l).e,. a."O"b Q'> , with Social Security Numbe:t • and /lA, Cf!"€' t-,,;:::M I t£-r>~. " Guardian 'for the minor, Reuben …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
Illinois Settles Visitor Strip Search Suit for $237,000 by by Matthew T. Clarke In 2001, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) has settled a lawsuit by visitors who claimed strip searches conducted during their visit to the Pontiac Correctional Center (PCC) were unconstitutional. In 1997, Marylin Tompkins and Jess Burgess …
Director Out at Scandal-Plagued Washington State Jail by Lonnie Burton Amid numerous scandals and investigations into wrongdoing and prisoner mistreatment by staff, the director of the Snohomish County jail in Everett, WA was relieved of her duties in mid-April 2003. Corrections department director Andrea Bynum was fired due to her …
Pratt v. DC, DC, Order, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2003 I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VERNELL PRATT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 01-1525 (JGP) ECF DISTRlCT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. ORDER ___Upon consideration of plaintiffs Consent Motion for Attorneys' Fees and …
New York County Liable for Jail Strip Searches by A U.S. district court in New York granted a former prisoner's motion to amend his complaint in a suit involving strip searches and blasted Orange County attorneys for making frivolous arguments against it. Jaime Murcia was mistakenly arrested on a Federal …
New York Jail Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by by Matthew T. Clarke A panel of the Second Circuit court of appeals has upheld a New York federal district court's ruling that the blanket strip search policy of Nassau County, New York, which allows visual body cavity searches of all incoming …
Denial of Reporter's Access to Jail Unconstitutional by An Illinois Federal District Court has granted summary judgment in favor of a reporter denied access to the Cook County Jail. Access to a legal aid program for incarcerated mothers was denied in retaliation for a previously published and unflattering article. Tori …
Boston Jail Strip Searches Unconstitutional by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Boston City Police Department (BPD) policy of invasive and degrading strip-searching of all female detainees, regardless of the cause of their detention, while not similarly treating male detainees, violated the unreasonable search provisions of the Fourth …
$10 Million Settlement in Boston Strip Search Suit by On July 8, 2002, both Suffolk County and the City of Boston entered into a settlement agreement to pay $10 million for violating the equal protection rights of female detainees at the Suffolk County Jail who, unlike similarly situated male detainees, …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
$2.5 Million Settlement, No Immunity for Indiana Jail Strip Search by A federal district court in Indiana granted summary judgment to jail arrestees who were improperly administered strip searches, and denied qualified immunity to the sheriffs. This was a class action suit brought by Mindy Doan under 42 U.S.C. § …
Los Angeles County Settles Overdetention Suits for $27 Million by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the largest legal settlement in its history, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed in May, 2002 to pay $27 million to compensate 400,000 former jail prisoners who had been held …
Pratt v. DC, DC,Memo Order of Judgment, Jail Tour Youth Strip Search, 2002 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VERNELL PRATT, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 01-1525 (JGP) ECF MEMORANDUM …
Brief • December 9, 2002
Filed under: Strip Searches
Rose v. Saginaw County, MI, Complaint, Jail Strip Search, 2001 Case 2:01-cv-10337-DML Document 55 Filed 12/09/2002 Page 1 of 17 Case 2:01-cv-10337-DML Document 55 Filed 12/09/2002 Page 2 of 17 Case 2:01-cv-10337-DML Document 55 Filed 12/09/2002 Page 3 of 17 Case 2:01-cv-10337-DML Document 55 Filed 12/09/2002 Page 4 of 17 …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Schenectady's Jail Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal court in New York has held that the strip search policy of the City of Schenectady, New York, (the city) violates the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches. Elizabeth Gonzalez and Michael Fyvie, citizens who were allegedly …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
$20,000 Settlement in Montana Jail Strip Search by Eric Lynn agreed to accept a $20,000 out-of-court settlement after complaining that Missoula County policemen violated his civil rights by conducting an improper strip search at the County Detention Center. Lynn, a University of Montana senior, was among a group that protested …
Illegal Strip Searches Cost Chicago Jail $6.8 Million by Lonnie Burton In July 2001, the Cook County, Illinois Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to end a five-year long class-action suit brought by female prisoners who alleged that the strip-searches they were subjected to at the Cook County jail were unconstitutional. …
Pubic Hair Search by Medical Personnel Constitutional by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has overturned a district court's order that held as unconstitutional a Sheriff's policy of searching a prisoner's pubic hair prior to release. PLN previously reported the district court's order. (See: Skurstenis v. Jones , …
Detainee's Strip Search Unconstitutional, But Qualified Immunity Granted by The court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a jail strip search of an arrestee without reasonable suspicion violates the Fourth Amendment, but granted qualified immunity. DeAngela Wilson was arrested at a checkpoint for driving under the influence …
$147,000 Paid for 3-1/2 Hour Overdetention and Strip Search of Mistaken Arrestee by John E Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict of $100,000 against the Little Rock, Arkansas police when, after a judge ordered the release of a mistakenly arrested woman, they failed to promptly …
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