Special Collection: Strip Search Cases

Prisoner in jump suit, hands cuffed behind his back

Prisoner in jump suit

06-28-06 © Trista Weibel

Strip search cases—involving police on the streets, lock-ups, jails, prisons, and juvenile institutions—are spread across different Clearinghouse case categories. This special collection pulls these cases out for ease of use and search. For more information, see Margo Schlanger, Jail Strip-Search Cases: Patterns and Participants, 71 Law & Contemp. Problems 65 (2008).

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Bruce v. St. Louis County Dept. of Social Services

82-00223 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: 1982

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U.S. v. Michigan

97-40053 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: 1997

On May 27, 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated an investigation into the conditions of confinement at the Crane Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan and the Scott Correctiona…

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Braasch v. Gunter

4:83-00459 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: 1983

In 1983, male prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nebraska against officials of the Nebraska Department of Corrections. Plaintiffs …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

2:93-cv-03419 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: 1993

Closed Date: 1996

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Sutton v. Hopkins County, Kentucky

4:03-cv-00003 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: 2003

Case Ongoing

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Robinson v. Sacramento County

2:04-cv-01617 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: 2004

Closed Date: 2007

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Moyle v. Contra Costa County

3:05-cv-02324 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: 2005

Case Ongoing

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Plemmons v. Pierce County

04-2-07032-1 | Washington state trial court

Filed Date: 2004

Closed Date: 2008

In April 2004, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit against Pierce County in the Pierce County Superior Court for federal constitutional and state statutory civil rights violations based on her post-arraignm…

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Robinson v. Sacramento County

04-01617 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: 2004

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Taggart v. Solano County

2:05-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: 2005

Case Ongoing

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Dufrin v. Spreen

Unknown | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: 1982

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Oakland County Sheriff in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, a…

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Fann v. The City of Cleveland, Ohio

1:83-04306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: 1983

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Unknown | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: 1967

Closed Date: 1977

criminal case. plaintiff (state) won a reversal on appeal. arguments focused on proper grounds for a search

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Thompson v. City of Los Angeles

Unknown | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: 1986

DTD notes :defendant prevailed on strip search case (aff'm by appeals court);dismissal/summary judgment on conditions claim rev'd and sent back to trial court -- don't know what happened on remand

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United States ex rel. Guy v. McCauley

73-00084 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: 1973

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CODING IN PROCESS

Walsh v. Franco

2:86-cv-00097 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: 1986

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) The plaintiff in this case was arrested for failure to pay parking tickets, a charge which was later aqcuited. However, during his arrest, the…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Campbell v. Miller

1:03-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: 2003

Case Ongoing

Campbell v. Miller, 2003 WL 21544257 (S.D.Ind. Jun 25, 2003) (NO. IP 1:03-CV-0180-SEB-) Affirmed by 2 KeyCited Citation:Campbell v. Miller, 373 F.3d 834 (7th Cir.(Ind.) Jun 28, 2004) (NO. 03…

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Creamer v. Raffety

2 CA-CIV 4981 | Arizona state trial court

Filed Date: 1984

Closed Date: 1987

In 1984, a person arrested and imprisoned for DWI filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in Arizona state court alleging claims of false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and invasion …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Kozlowski v. Sacramento County

2:04-cv-02381 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: 2004

Closed Date: 2007

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Suon v. County of Alameda

3:07-cv-01770 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: 2007

Case Ongoing

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Rankin v. Colman

84-706 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: 1984

This state court case was filed in 1980 in Florida by a woman who was strip searched after being arrested for failing to produce her driver's license. Plaintiff claimed the strip search was performed…

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Saunders v. City of Orlando

78-06682 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: 1978

Closed Date: 1980

$50,000 jury verdict.

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Snyder v. Moore

2:01-cv-00181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: 2001

Closed Date: 2003

The case ended in a judgment for the plaintiff against the remaining defendant in the amount of $15,000.

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State of Hawaii v. Kaluna

Docket No. Not Available | Hawaii state trial court

Filed Date: 1972

Closed Date: 1974

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Blanca v. City of Chicago

82-01911 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1982

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Dozier v. City of Chicago

84-03879 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1984

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Linnear v. D. Easter

1:91-cv-06672 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1991

Closed Date: 1992

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Mary T. v. City of Chicago

83-02942 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1983

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Newell v. City of Elgin

74-444 | Illinois state appellate court

Filed Date: 1976

On September 27, 1973, a motorcyclist was allegedly run off the road by a squad car, strip searched, and then unlawfully imprisoned. He filed this case in state court against the city of Elgin, Illi…

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People v. Seymour

78-2033 | Illinois state appellate court

Filed Date: 1979

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 1981

In this criminal case the defendant sought to supress evidence based on an illegal strip search. The trial court (Circuit Court, Cook County, Franklin I. Kral, J.) ordered supression. The Appellate C…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Warren v. Officer Conway

1:96-cv-07353 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1996

Closed Date: 1997

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87-cv-09903 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1987

Not enough information to make summary. File sealed; no documents available.

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Mary G. v. City of Chicago

82-01912 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1982

Closed Date: 1983

No other information found; no PACER docket, reported cases, etc.DTD notes:According to the case Mary Beth G. v. City of Chicago, 723 F.2d 1263, this matter resulted in a $15,000 jury verdict for the…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Wilkes v. Sheahan

01-01592 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1996

Closed Date: 2001

THIS CASE IS ALREADY in the database, as JC-IL-8.Here's what the PLN article says:In July 2001, the Cook County, Illinois Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to end a five-year long class-action …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Travis v. City of Joliet

84-03837 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: 1984

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Edwards v. State

Docket No. Not Available | Indiana state trial court

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Jane Doe v. Town of Highland, IN

86-00593 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: 1986

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Gilanian v. City of Boston

1:01-cv-11580 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: 2001

Closed Date: 2006

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Davis v. City of Camden

85-02766 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: 1985

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O'Brien v. Woodbury Heights

7:86-02819 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: 1986

SEE DOCKETS: 86-2819(SSB), 86-2820(SSB).679 F.Supp. 429

JAIL CONDITIONS

Rodriguez v. Dona Ana County Comm.

1:06-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: 2006

Case Ongoing

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Unknown | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

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Smook v. Minehaha County

4:00-cv-04202 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: 2000

Case Ongoing

On November 1, 2000, a juvenile who was arrested for violating curfew filed a class action civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of S…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Dugas v. Jefferson County

1:95-cv-00437 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: 1995

Closed Date: 1997

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Harrison v. County of El Paso

82-00057 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 1982

Discussed in Mary Beth G. v. City of Chicago, 723 F.2d 1263: Plaintiff won $112,000. REDO THIS.

JAIL CONDITIONS

Hinds v. Multnomah County

07-cv-01677

Filed Date: 2007

Case Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS

05-cv-01833 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: 2005

stubbed in with 9th Cir. Opinion

Hardnett v. City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge

3:23-cv-01393 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case involved a class action lawsuit brought by individuals who were strip-searched and taken into custody without probable cause and without reasonable suspicion by the Baton Rouge Police Depar…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Munday v. Beaufort County

9:20-cv-02144 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This lawsuit was first filed in South Carolina state court and removed to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina …

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Pitney v. City of Chester

2:19-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case was strip-searched after being arrested for a minor offense. He was not suspected of possessing drugs or weapons, and he was ultimately not charged with any crime, but the …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Washington v. City of New York

1:18-cv-12306 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

On December 28, 2018, four pre-trial detainees filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the New York City Departm…

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Imani v. City of Baton Rouge

3:17-cv-00439 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 9, 2017

Closed Date: April 16, 2023

On July 9, 2017, thirteen protesters and two reporters who were arrested during a protest in Baton Rouge filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. T…

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Horse v. District of Columbia

1:17-cv-01216 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 21, 2017

Closed Date: July 21, 2021

On June 21, 2017, a photojournalist, a practicing attorney, and two demonstrators filed this lawsuit against the District of Columbia, the individual police officers who committed the alleged acts, t…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

J.J. v. Litscher

3:17-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2017, four minor children confined to the state juvenile facilities Copper Lake School for Girls and Lincoln Hills School for Boys filed this class action in the U.S. District Court fo…

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)

Jones v. Gov't of D.C.

1:16-cv-02405 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2019

On December 7, 2016, an individual formerly detained in a D.C. jail filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the District o…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Ross v. Gossett

3:15-cv-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 19, 2015

Case Ongoing

Illinois inmates sue IDOC for violating their 8A rights stemming from abusive 2014 cell searches

JAIL CONDITIONS

Gentry v. Floyd County

4:14-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 12, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2017

On June 12, 2014, six individuals formerly held in the Floyd County Jail filed a class-action complaint in the Southern District of Indiana, against Floyd County, Indiana, the Sheriff in his official…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Dillon v. Clackamas County

3:14-cv-00820 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: May 18, 2014

Case Ongoing

On May 18, 2014, inmates at the Clackamas County Jail (CCJ) filed this class action lawsuit against Clackamas County and one of its senior Department officials. The plaintiffs, represented by private…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Salem v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:13-cv-14567 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2019

On November 1, 2013, female inmates housed at the all-women Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) over its strip-sear…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

McDonald v. Franklin County

2:13-cv-00503 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 3, 2013

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Franklin County’s policy of strip-searching individuals charged with low-level misdemeanor offenses and photographing their tattoos. The plaintiff, a resident of Franklin C…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Henry v. Hulett

3:12-cv-03087 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 20, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, female prisoners at an Illinois women’s prison were strip searched as part of a training exercise for new guards. Several of the prisoners filed this putative class action in the U…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Baggett v. Ashe

3:11-cv-30223 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2011

Closed Date: 2015

On September 15, 2011, former prisoners at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center ("WCC") filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachus…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

2:10-cv-01649 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 5, 2010

Case Ongoing

On March 5, 2010, two female former inmates who were imprisoned in the Century Regional Detention Facility ("CRDF"), a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ("LASD") facility, filed this class acti…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Cantley v. The West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority

3:09-cv-00758 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2009

Closed Date: 2013

On October 9, 2009, an inmate of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority (WVRJA) filed a class-action lawsuit against the WVRJA and the executive director of the facility …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Logory v. County of Susquehanna

3:09-cv-01448 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 24, 2009

Closed Date: 2013

On July 24, 2009, an inmate at the Susquehanna County Jail filed a putative class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff sued the County of…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Bradshaw v. McLennan County

6:08-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2008

Closed Date: 2010

On September 8, 2008, Plaintiffs filed a federal class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against McLennan County, McLennan County Sheriff's Office, and others in the U.S. District Court for the W…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Munyiri v. Haduch

1:08-cv-01953 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 28, 2008

Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the District of Maryland against officers, the Baltimore Police Department, and police and city officials in their indivi…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Garcia v. Santa Cruz County

4:08-cv-00139 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2008

Closed Date: 2009

On February 25, 2008, the plaintiff, a pre-arraignment detainee in the Santa Cruz County Jail, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States Court for the District of Arizo…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Allison v. the Geo Group, Inc.

2:08-cv-00467 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2008

Closed Date: 2010

On January 30, 2008, two arrestees detained at jails operated by the Geo Group Inc., a private corrections management company, filed a nationwide 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. Dis…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

7:08-cv-00005 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2008

Case Ongoing

On January 8, 2008, a group of inmates filed a class action civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that officers wit…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Garcia v. Ocean County

3:07-cv-05665 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2007

Closed Date: May 16, 2017

On November 28, 2007, five arrestees, proceeding through private counsel, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in order to challenge…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Jackson v. County of Bexar

5:07-cv-00928 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On November 15, 2007, an individual who was strip searched after being charged with a petty crime filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Represe…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Hinds v. Multnomah County

3:07-cv-01677 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2007

On November 8, 2007, the plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against the Multnomah County Sheriff's department and the Multnomah County jail, with the U.S. District Court for the District of Or…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Rollins v. Clatsop County

3:07-cv-01678 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2007

On November 8, 2007, the plaintiff brought a complaint against the Clatsop County Jail and Clatsop County, on behalf of himself and thousands of others pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983, in the U.S. Distri…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Reynolds v. County of Dauphin, PA

1:07-cv-01688 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On September 16, 2007, prisoners of the Dauphin County Prison ("Prison") filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Dauphin, PA, in the U.S. District Court for the Midd…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Kurian v. County of Lancaster

2:07-cv-03482 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2007

Closed Date: April 9, 2010

On August 22, 2007, a prisoner filed suit against the County of Lancaster and the Lancaster County Prison Board in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He alleg…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Raymundo v. Winnebago County

3:07-cv-50087 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 14, 2007

On May 14, 2007, a female plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the strip search policy of the Winnebag…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Graff v. County of Salem

1:07-cv-02259 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 14, 2007

Closed Date: May 7, 2009

On May 14, 2007, two individuals who had been arrested on minor charges filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, challenging the Salem C…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Harper v. Sheriff of Cook County

1:07-cv-02393 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 1, 2007

Closed Date: 2010

On May 1, 2007, detainees confined in the Cook County Jail filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cook County and…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Todd v. Solano County

2:07-cv-00726 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 16, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On April 16, 2007, Plaintiff, represented by private attorney Mark E. Merin, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in order t…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Galloway v. Delgado

1:07-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: April 10, 2007

Closed Date: 2010

On April 10, 2007, attorneys with the Texas Civil Rights Project filed this class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court Western District of Texas. The plaintiffs chal…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Torres v. Valencia County

2:07-cv-00328 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: April 3, 2007

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2010

In April 2007, Plaintiffs, a class of pre-arraignment inmates at Valencia County Detention Center (VCDC), were subjected to strip searches. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, filed a 28 U.S.…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Garvey v. MacDonald

3:07-cv-30049 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 28, 2007

Closed Date: 2011

On January 18, 2005, Plaintiff, represented by a private attorney, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Springfield), challengin…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Suon v. County of Alameda

3:07-cv-01770 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 28, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On March 28, 2007, juvenile prisoners of the Alameda County Juvenile Hall filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District o…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Lopez v. Youngblood

1:07-cv-00474 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 27, 2007

Closed Date: 2011

On March 27, 2007, Plaintiffs, individually and as class representatives, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno …

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Thompson v. City of Flint

2:07-cv-11107 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 15, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On March 15, 2007, men and women who attended a music event at a nightclub in Flint, Michigan filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C § 1983 against the City of Flint Police Department and Genese…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Butler v. Santa Cruz County

5:07-cv-00941 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2007

Closed Date: 2009

On February 12, 2007, an arrestee, represented by private attorney Mark E. Merin, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in o…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Delandro v. County of Allegheny

2:06-cv-00927 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 13, 2006

On July 13, 2006, two individuals, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit against Defendants Allegheny County in the U.S. District Cour…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Maryland NAACP v. Baltimore City Police Department

1:06-cv-01863 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 14, 2006

Closed Date: 2015

This case, Maryland NAACP v. Baltimore City Police Department, 1:06-cv-01863-CCB (D. Md. 2006) was one of three cases filed about the same time alleging mistreatment of persons arrested and taken to …

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Jones v. Morris County Correctional Facility

2:06-cv-02461 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 23, 2006

Closed Date: June 8, 2007

On May 23 2006, a state pretrial detainee of the Morris County Correctional Facility, filed, pro se, a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking injunctive relief and damages for violations of his Fo…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Rodriguez v. Dona Ana County

1:06-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: May 16, 2006

Closed Date: May 20, 2008

On May 16, 2006 a juvenile detainee filed a class action civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, challenging the strip search policy of the…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Williams v. Niagara County

1:06-cv-00291 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: May 5, 2006

Case Ongoing

On May 5, 2006, Plaintiffs, represented by several private law firms, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, challenging the cons…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Boisselle v. County of Mercer

3:06-cv-02065 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 5, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On May 5, 2006, an individual who had been arrested on a minor criminal charge filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging that t…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Wilson v. County of Gloucester

1:06-cv-01368 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 22, 2006

On March 22, 2006, two individuals that had been arrested on minor offenses filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, challenging the Sh…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Lira v. Dona Ana County

1:06-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: March 7, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On March 7, 2006, seven individuals that had been arrested on minor offenses filed a class action civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, c…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Mitchell v. Clinton County

8:06-cv-00254 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On April 29, 2003, a woman represented by a group of private attorneys from New York and D.C. law firms filed a class action suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the North…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Barnes v. District of Columbia

1:06-cv-00315 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2006

On February 23, 2006, four men incarcerated at the District of Columbia Jail filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs claimed t…

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Young v. County of Cook

1:06-cv-00552 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2006

Case Ongoing

On January 30, 2006, on behalf of a female and a male plaintiff, the Chicago civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court fo…

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Schaffer v. Alameda County

3:06-cv-00310 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 2006

Case Ongoing

On January 17, 2006, Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging Alameda Co…

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Suggs v. County of Cumberland

1:06-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2006

On January 9, 2006, an individual arrested for failure to pay child support filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, challenging the Cu…

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Sanchez v. Placer County

2:05-cv-02231 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

On November 3, 2005, a woman arrested for a minor criminal infraction filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in order to chall…

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1:05-cv-01833 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On September 15, 2005, plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States Marshals on behalf of hundreds of men who had been a…

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Allison v. Lincoln County

1:05-cv-00881 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2005

Closed Date: 2007

On August 22, 2005, a female plaintiff represented by attorneys Mark E. Merin of Sacramento, California, Andrew C. Schwartz of Walnut Creek, California, and Robert R. Rothstein of Santa Fe, New Mexic…

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Foster v. City of Oakland

3:05-cv-03110 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2005

Closed Date: April 18, 2015

On August 1, 2005, a group of men, who claimed they were wrongfully searched, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the City of Oa…

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Florence v. County of Burlington

1:05-cv-03619 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: July 19, 2005

Closed Date: Oct. 21, 2013

The plaintiff in this case was arrested erroneously on a warrant for failure to pay for a traffic violation; in fact, he had already paid. He was then booked into jail, and strip searched. He brought…

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Presley v. Epps

4:05-cv-00148 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 22, 2005

Closed Date: 2012

On June 22, 2005, attorneys for the local ACLU and the ACLU National Prison Project filed a class-action § 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf o…

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Parilla v. Eslinger

6:05-cv-00850 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 9, 2005

Closed Date: 2007

On June 9, 2005, seven plaintiffs, represented by attorneys with the Florida Justice Institute, filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Flor…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Moyle v. Contra Costa County

3:05-cv-02324 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 8, 2005

Closed Date: 2016

On June 8, 2005, juveniles at Contra Costa County's Juvenile Hall filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Cal…

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Jones v. Murphy

1:05-cv-01287 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On May 12, 2005, male arrestees at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the warden …

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Craft v. County of San Bernardino

5:05-cv-00359 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 3, 2005

Closed Date: 2008

On May 3, 2005, three inmates who had been housed at the San Bernardino County Jail filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of San Bernardino and the San Bernardino She…

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Boone v. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2:05-cv-01851 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 2005

On April 21, 2005, a woman represented by private attorneys from several Philadelphia, New York, and D.C. law firms filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. …

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Taggart v. Solano County

2:05-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 21, 2005

On April 21, 2005, private attorney Mark E. Merin filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challeng…

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Hicks v. Camden County, New Jersey

1:05-cv-01857 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 8, 2005

Closed Date: 2008

On April 8, 2005, two inmates at the Camden County Jail in New Jersey filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Sheriff of the jail and Camden County officials in the U.S. Distr…

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Black v. Franklin County, KY

3:05-cv-00018 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 28, 2005

Closed Date: Aug. 20, 2007

On March 28, 2005, three female plaintiffs, who had been arrested for minor offenses and were strip searched, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District…

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Miracle v. Bullitt County, Kentucky

3:05-cv-00130 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 2, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On March 2, 2005, two women arrested for minor offenses filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, challenging the strip search pol…

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Spellman v. Humboldt County

4:05-cv-00568 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

On February 8, 2005, private attorney Mark E. Merin filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challen…

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3:05-cv-30017 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2005

Closed Date: 2007

On January 18, 2005, an individual arrested for a minor offense filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenging the strip searc…

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Leyba v. Santa Fe County

6:05-cv-00036 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

On January 12, 2005, a group of pre-arraignment detainees filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for New Mexico, challenging the…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

S.H. v. Stickrath

2:04-cv-01206 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 24, 2004

Closed Date: Dec. 9, 2015

On December 24, 2004, private civil rights attorneys and attorneys for the Youth Law Center, Inc. the Children's Law Center, Inc, and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center filed a § 1983 class action laws…

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Byrd v. Maricopa County Sheriff's Department

2:04-cv-02701 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2004

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2012

On November 26, 2004, the plaintiff brought this action pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix Division. While the plaintiff had been a pretrial…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Kozlowski v. Sacramento County

2:04-cv-02381 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2004

Closed Date: March 5, 2007

This case, styled Kozlowski, et al. v. Sacramento County, et al., No. CIV.S.04-2381 FCD/DAD, was one of two class actions filed by private attorney Mark E. Merin filed in the U.S. District Court for …

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Barnett v. County of Contra Costa

3:04-cv-04437 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

On October 20, 2004, a woman who had been subjected to a strip search after being charged with resisting arrest filed a class action civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern …

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Robinson v. Sacramento County

2:04-cv-01617 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 2004

Closed Date: March 5, 2007

This case, styled Robinson, et al. v. Sacramento County, et al. No. CIV.S.04-1617 FCD/PAN, was one of two class actions filed by private attorney Mark E. Merin filed in the U.S. District Court for th…

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Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in th…

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Chatoian v. Marin County, California

3:04-cv-02790 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 12, 2004

Closed Date: 2008

On July 12, 2004, four female arrestees filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging the Marin County Sheriff's policie…

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McDaniel v. Schenectady County

1:04-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 29, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

On June 29, 2004, two females who, earlier, had been arrested for misdemeanors and now were represented, for civil case purposes, by private attorneys from Washington, D.C. and New York, filed a clas…

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Tungwarara v. United States

3:04-cv-02144 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 1, 2004

Closed Date: 2006

On June 1, 2004, Plaintiff, a citizen of Zimbabwe, filed suit against the United States and an individual immigration officer in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Californ…

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Powell v. Barrett

1:04-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 21, 2004

Closed Date: 2013

On April 21, 2004, eleven former male detainees of the Fulton County Jail, represented by private attorneys, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Nort…

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Kelsey v. Schoharie County, New York

1:04-cv-00299 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 19, 2004

Closed Date: 2010

On March 19, 2004, two plaintiffs represented by private attorneys from Albany, New York, filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Nor…

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Haney v. Miami-Dade County

1:04-cv-20516 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 5, 2004

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2005

In November 2003, high officials from dozens of Western Hemisphere countries, and thousands of protesters, came to Miami for a meeting on the "Free Trade Area of the Americas." Several hundred of th…

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Bullock v. Sheahan

1:04-cv-01051 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On February 11, 2004, two named plaintiffs filed this civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In their complaint (…

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Gallagher v. San Mateo County, California

4:04-cv-00448 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

On February 3, 2004, private attorneys Andrew C. Schwartz and Mark E. Merin filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Distric…

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Kahler v. Rensselaer County

1:03-cv-01324 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2003

Closed Date: June 27, 2007

On October 31, 2003, a young man (twice strip searched, at ages 16 and 17, after separate misdemeanor and minor violation arrests), represented by private attorneys from several New York firms, file…

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Thompson v. Cook County

1:03-cv-07172 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On October 9, 2003, plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cook County, the Cook County Sheriff, the Cook County Department of Corrections Director, the Cook County Department of Pu…

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Flick v. San Francisco, California

3:03-cv-04022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2003

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2013

This case, Flick v. City and County of San Francisco, is a companion case to Bull v. City and County of San Francisco (N.D. Cal.), a class action case challenging the strip search policy of the City …

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Yourke v. City & County of San Francisco

3:03-cv-03105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 2, 2003

Closed Date: May 25, 2012

On July 2, 2003, an individual action was filed against the City and County of San Francisco pro se by an individual who was allegedly falsely arrested and subjected to a strip search after being tra…

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Calvin v. Sheriff of Will County, Illinois

1:03-cv-03086 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 8, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On May 8, 2003, an individual mistakenly arrested on an erroneous warrant filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that his Fourth a…

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DeToledo v. County of Suffolk

1:03-cv-10834 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 5, 2003

Closed Date: Nov. 16, 2005

This case was originally filed in Massachusetts State Court, Suffolk County on March 21, 2001, three years following the allegedly illegal activity. After two more years, the case was removed to the…

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Marriott v. Montgomery County

5:03-cv-00531 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: April 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On April 29, 2003, a person represented by a group of private attorneys from New York and D.C. law firms filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District C…

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Bull v. City and County of San Francisco

3:03-cv-01840 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 2003

Closed Date: 2013

On April 23, 2003, nine plaintiffs, acting through private attorneys, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging the…

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Freeman v. Berge

3:03-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2003

Closed Date: 2006

On February 13, 2003, a prisoner in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the DOC…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Farrell v. Harper

03-79344 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2003

Closed Date: 2016

On January 16, 2003, a taxpayer whose juvenile nephew was a ward of the court filed this lawsuit in the Alameda County, California, Superior Court. The plaintiff filed under state law against the dir…

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Sutton v. Hopkins County, KY

4:03-cv-00003 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2003

Closed Date: 2013

On January 9, 2003, four persons represented by attorneys from several law firms in Louisville, Kentucky, filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United State…

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Gamino v. Ventura County

2:02-cv-09785 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 24, 2002

On December 24, 2002, Plaintiff Gamino filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, raising Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment challen…

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Dare v. Knox County

2:02-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

On December 17, 2002, a pre-trial detainee filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, challenging the Knox County Sh…

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Johnson v. District of Columbia

1:02-cv-02364 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2002

Closed Date: 2013

On December 2, 2002, nine female plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, filed this 42 U.S.C §1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs ch…

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Nilsen v. York County

2:02-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2002

Closed Date: 2006

On October 15, 2002, a man and woman represented by attorneys David G. Webbert of Augusta, Maine, and Howard Friedman of Boston, Massachusetts, filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 4…

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McCormick v. Lawrence, Kansas

2002-cv-000512 | Kansas state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2007

On September 24, 2002, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under K.S.A. 22-2521, K.S.A. 22-2522, and K.S.A. 22-2523 against the City of Lawrence and Lawrence police officers in the Douglas District Court. Plai…

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Brecher v. St. Croix County, Wisconsin

3:02-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

On August 9, 2002, two plaintiffs represented by private attorneys from Minnesota and Wisconsin filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for t…

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McBean v. City of New York

1:02-cv-05426 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 15, 2002

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2010

On July 15, 2002, inmates of New York City jails filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of New York and jail officials in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Distri…

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Bynum v. District of Columbia

1:02-cv-00956 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 15, 2002

Closed Date: 2007

On May 15, 2002, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, plaintiffs filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that D.C…

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Wood v. Hancock County

1:02-cv-00069 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 26, 2002

Closed Date: 2004

On April 26, 2002, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Hancock County, the Hancock County Sheriff, and the Hancock County Jail Administrator, in the United States District Court …

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2:02-cv-00036 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 15, 2002

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2005

This case was brought on March 15, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia by a woman who was strip searched after being arrested as the chief aggressor in a dom…

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Wells v. City of Seattle

2:02-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 13, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

On March 13, 2002, two named plaintiffs, male and female, represented by private attorneys, filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western Distr…

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Dodge v. Orange County

7:02-cv-00769 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2002

On January 31, 2002, three plaintiffs represented by private New York-based attorneys filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southe…

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Rose v. Saginaw County

2:01-cv-10337 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2001

On October 9, 2001, a group of pre-trial detainees represented by private counsel filed a class action civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern Di…

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Beaudoin v. County of Los Angeles

BC250991 | California state trial court

Filed Date: June 22, 2001

Closed Date: 2002

We have no court filings from this case. However, news accounts indicate that this case is one of a series of individual and class action lawsuits filed in federal and state courts in California beg…

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Way v. Ventura County

2:01-cv-05401 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 19, 2001

Closed Date: 2007

On June 19, 2001, a female arrestee, who had been subjected to a strip search with body cavity inspection upon being booked on misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of cocaine or methamphet…

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Spinner v. City of New York

1:01-cv-02715 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 2, 2001

Closed Date: June 4, 2004

In 2001, private attorneys representing individual plaintiffs filed several civil rights lawsuits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The ca…

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Maneely v. City of Newburgh

7:01-cv-02600 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2001

Closed Date: 2005

On March 27, 2001, several arrestees, represented by private counsel, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the C…

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Bull v. County of Sacramento

03-C043944 | California state appellate court

Filed Date: March 13, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2005

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in California state court challenging the Sacramento County Jail's policy of strip-searching all detainees, regardless of charges. Plaintiff was arres…

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Wilkes v. Sheahan

1:01-cv-01592 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 7, 2001

Closed Date: 2001

On March 7, 2001, three pretrial detainees filed a 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1988 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the Cook County Sheriff's policies …

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Helton v. United States

1:01-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2001

Closed Date: 2002

On February 20, 2001, five women who were arrested in connection with an "anti-fur" demonstration at a Washington, D.C. Neiman Marcus store filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of …

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Evans v. City of Zebulon, Georgia

3:01-cv-00009 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2001

Closed Date: 2006

On January 22, 2001, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a police officer, the Chief of Police, and the City of Zebulon in the United States District Court in the Northern Distr…

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Musso v. County of Los Angeles

BC249462 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2001

Closed Date: 2003

The case arose from the August 15, 2000 misdemeanor arrests of 71 bicyclists engaged in a protest at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. The cyclists were charged with reckless driving and were …

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Foreman v. Connecticut

3:01-cv-00061 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2001

Closed Date: 2007

On January 11, 2001, three plaintiffs filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the for the District of Connecticut, challenging the polic…

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Riley v. Los Angeles County

01-cv-BC239825 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2000

Closed Date: 2001

This case, Riley v. County of Los Angeles, was one of many cases filed against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department [LASD] in the late 1990s and early 2000 that challenged various policies and…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Smook v. Minehaha County

4:00-cv-04202 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2000

Closed Date: 2009

On November 1, 2000, a juvenile who had been arrested for violating curfew filed a civil rights class action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District…

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N.G. v. Connecticut

3:00-cv-02036 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2000

Closed Date: 2005

On October 20, 2000, female juvenile detainees filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against the State of Connecticut. Plaintiffs alleged that the State violated their…

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Gonzalez v. City of Schenectady

1:00-cv-00824 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: May 30, 2000

Closed Date: 2002

On May 30, 2000, three Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state common law against the City of Schenectady and five Schenectady police officers in the United States District Court …

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Savard v. Rhode Island

1:00-cv-00261 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 30, 2000

Closed Date: 2004

This lawsuit was filed on the heels of a separate case, Roberts v. Rhode Island. In Roberts, the Rhode Island District Court enjoined as unconstitutional the enforcement of a written strip and body c…

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Connor v. Plymouth County

1:00-cv-10835 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 1, 2000

Closed Date: 2005

On May 1, 2000, a female plaintiff represented by attorney Howard Friedman of Boston, along with other counsel, filed a civil rights class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United St…

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Cazenave v. Foti

2:00-cv-01246 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 25, 2000

Closed Date: 2018

On April 25, 2000, three named plaintiffs in Louisiana and Kentucky filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court the Eastern District of Louisiana. Repre…

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Murcia v. Orange County

7:00-cv-01325 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2000

Closed Date: 2006

On February 2, 2000, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Newburgh and Orange County, New York in the United States Court for the Southern District of New York, White …

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Stanley v. Henson

2:00-cv-00053 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2000

Closed Date: June 5, 2002

This case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 2002 by a woman who claimed her Fourth Amendment rights were violated by the local police department wh…

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Augustin v. Jablonsky

0:99-cv-03126 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 1999

Closed Date: 2017

On June 3, 1999, a plaintiff represented by New York attorney Robert L. Herbst filed a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The…

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Iaffaldano v. Nassau County

0:99-cv-04238 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 1999

Closed Date: June 19, 2017

On July 27, 1999, a plaintiff represented by private New York attorneys filed a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, challengin…

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Amaechi v. West

1:99-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 2, 1999

Closed Date: 2001

On June 2, 1999, the Plaintiff, a 29-year-old woman, filed a complaint against three Defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Defendants were the arresting offi…

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Roberts v. State of Rhode Island

1:99-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 21, 1999

Closed Date: 2001

On May 21, 1999, plaintiff, who was arrested by Rhode Island State Police relying in error upon a withdrawn body attachment order from a family court, filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.…

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O'Day v. Nassau County

0:99-cv-02844 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 20, 1999

Closed Date: 2017

On May 20, 1999, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Represented by private New York attorneys, the plaintiffs challe…

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4:99-cv-00056 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 7, 1999

Closed Date: 2001

On April 7, 1999, Valerie L. Noon and 102 other named plaintiffs filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, challenging the constit…

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Cuesta v. School Board of Miami Dade County

1:99-cv-00517 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 1999

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2000

This case was filed on February 19, 1999, in the United States District Court for the Southern district of Florida, by a student who was arrested and strip searched for her association with the publi…

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In re: Texas Prison Litigation

2:99-cv-04021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

This was a class-action prisoner lawsuit filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Plaintiffs were Missouri prisoners who were transferred from Mi…

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Wilson v. Jones

2:99-cv-00110 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1999

Closed Date: 2001

On January 20, 1999, an 18-year old woman arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in U.S. District Court for the North District of Alabama challengin…

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4:99-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

On January 13, 1999, attorneys from Indiana and Kentucky filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, challengin…

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Streit v. County of Los Angeles

2:98-cv-09575 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1998

Closed Date: Nov. 27, 2002

This case, Streit v. the County of Los Angeles, was one of many cases filed against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department [LASD] in the late 1990s and early 2000 that challenged various alleged…

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Elliott v. Strafford County

1:98-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 1998

Closed Date: 2001

On November 17, 1998, plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 including state law claims against Strafford County, two Strafford County officials, Transcor America, Inc. (a transportation co…

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Skurstenis v. Jones

2:98-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1998

Closed Date: April 5, 2001

On September 9 1998, a woman arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in U.S. District Court for the North District of Alabama challenging the strip s…

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Hydrick v. Wilson

2:98-cv-07167 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1998

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2017

On September 2, 1998, a group of sexual offenders who had been civilly confined in a state psychiatric hospital under California's Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVP Act) filed a class action lawsui…

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Mason v. Village of Babylon

0:98-cv-04894 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 27, 1998

Closed Date: 2002

On July 27, 1998, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Village of Babylon, a Suffolk County Police Officer, the County of Suffolk, and the Babylon Village Court Clerk in the U…

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Mack v. Suffolk County

1:98-cv-12511 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 13, 1998

Closed Date: 2005

On July 13, 1998, plaintiff, Bronwyn Ford, filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking damages from the Ci…

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Mumpower v. Shelby County

2:98-cv-01097 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 4, 1998

Closed Date: 1999

On May 4, 1998, two women arrested on separate alcohol-related charges filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in U.S. District Court for the North District of Alabama challenging the strip search poli…

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Miller v. Kennebec County

1:98-cv-00078 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 10, 1998

Closed Date: March 21, 2001

This strip search case was filed on April 10, 1998 in the United States District Court for the District of Maine by a woman who claimed Fourth Amendment and state law violations arising out of her a…

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Ciraolo v. City of New York

1:97-cv-08208 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 1997

Closed Date: 1999

On October 16, 1997, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Article 1, Section 12 of the New York State Constitution against the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, a…

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Kelleher v. New York State Trooper Fearon

7:97-cv-07105 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On September 23, 1997, an arrestee subjected to a mandatory strip search, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against a New York State Trooper in the United States District Court for the Southern Dist…

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Betancourt v. Giuliani

1:97-cv-06748 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 1997

Closed Date: 2003

The Urban Justice Center filed this putative federal class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 11, 1997, challenging the arbitrary ar…

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Schneider v. City and County of San Francisco

3:97-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 12, 1997

Closed Date: 1999

On June 12, 1997, a female arrestee who was sujected to a strip search filed this case in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California againstthe City and County of San Fr…

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Tyson v. City of New York

1:97-cv-03762 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 22, 1997

Closed Date: 2006

On May 22, 1997, several individuals who had been arrested for misdemeanors or non-criminal offenses filed a 42 U.S.C § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …

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Wilson v. Franklin County, KY

3:97-cv-00035 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 24, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On April 24, 1997, five plaintiffs filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, challenging the strip search policy of the Franklin C…

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Williams v. Kaufman County

3:97-cv-00875 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 21, 1997

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2004

This case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas by persons subjected to strip-searches which occurred at a nightclub during a drug bust. 17 people sued; four were la…

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Gary v. Sheahan

1:96-cv-07294 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 1996

Case Ongoing

On November 7, 1996, on behalf of two named plaintiffs, Chicago attorney Thomas G. Morrissey filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Nort…

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Moya v. City of Albuquerque

1:96-cv-01257 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 1996

Closed Date: 1998

On September 12, 1996, two female prisoners filed a Section 1983 lawsuit in U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, seeking damages for being subjected to strip searches by male guards at the Ber…

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Shain v. Ellison

0:96-cv-03774 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 29, 1996

Closed Date: 2004

On July 29, 1996, a previous pretrial detainee at the Nassau county Correctional Center (NCCC) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York a…

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McGill v. Lee County

3:96-cv-01140 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: July 19, 1996

Closed Date: 1998

On July 19, 1996 Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District Alabama challenging the Lee County Jail policy of conducting strip-searches before all …

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Branch v. City of Bellwood

1:96-cv-00689 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 1996

Closed Date: 1996

On February 6, 1996, a woman who had been strip searched by police officers filed this case against the City of Bellwood, Illinois in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ill…

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Cruz v. Vasquez

5:95-cv-20776 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 1995

Closed Date: April 19, 2000

In 1995, several women, former jail inmates, filed a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the district court for the Northern District of California, alleging that they had been sexually assaulted and har…

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Kaufman v. Rivera

1:95-cv-05667 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 31, 1995

Closed Date: 1999

On July 31, 1995, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of New York in the United States Court for the Southern District of New York, Foley Square. Plaintiff, represent…

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Swain v. Spinney

1:95-cv-10765 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 13, 1995

Closed Date: 1997

On April 13, 1995, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 12, §§ 11H and 11I against police lieutenant, police officer, and the Town of North Reading …

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1:95-cv-02117 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 6, 1995

Closed Date: May 28, 1997

This case was brought by "Jane Doe" on April 6, 1995 against the City of Chicago and various law enforcement officials in the United States District court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plain…

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Richerson v. Fayette County

5:94-cv-00337 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1994

Closed Date: 1996

On September 2, 1994, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, the Fayette County Detention Center, the Director of the Fayette Detentio…

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Wood v. Clemons

2:94-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 1994

Closed Date: 1996

On August 19, 1994, a group of prison visitors (the teenage children of a female inmate) filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Maine, challenging the strip-sear…

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Wood v. Clemons

2:94-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 1994

Closed Date: 1996

On August 19, 1994, represented by private counsel, a group of prison visitors filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Distr…

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Moser v. Anderson

1:93-cv-00634 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 1993

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2001

In 1993, Plaintiff, represented by several private attorneys, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, challenging the strip search …

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Newkirk v. Sheers

2:92-cv-04237 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 22, 1992

Closed Date: 1994

On July 22, 1992, nine pre-trial detainees who had been arrested in connection with a non-violent civil disobedience protest filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Easter…

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3:86-00516 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 1, 1992

In December 1985, inmates and former inmates at the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility in Tennessee filed three lawsuits against the Tennessee Department of Corrections and the Morgan Count…

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93-01783 | Florida state appellate court

Filed Date: June 17, 1992

This case was brought in Florida state court on June 17, 1992, by a woman who was strip searched after being arrested for a traffic violation. According to the appellate court opinion, the only docum…

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Martinez v. Tully

1:92-cv-05236 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 1, 1992

Closed Date: 1999

In 1992 and 1993, private attorney Robert Y. Chan, filed two 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, challenging the strip searches o…

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Varrone v. Bilotti

1:92-cv-01290 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: March 19, 1992

Closed Date: 1998

On March 19, 1992, plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of New York in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Plaintiff, represented …

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Levinson-Roth v. Parries

2:91-cv-03668 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 1991

Closed Date: Jan. 5, 1995

The plaintiff, a child-support obligor who was arrested at her place of employment, patted down twice on the scene and again at the police station then strip searched and patted down twice more, brou…

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Wachtler v. County of Herkimer

3:91-cv-01328 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 1991

Closed Date: 1993

On November 11, 1991, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Village of West Winfield and the County of Herkimer in the United States Court for the Northern District of New Y…

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Chapman v. Nichols

4:91-cv-00539 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 24, 1991

Closed Date: 1993

This 1991 strip search case was brought by four female detainees arrested for minor traffic offenses and held at the Creek County Jail in Sapulpa, Oklahoma where they were strip-searched notwithstand…

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Draper v. Walsh

5:91-cv-01104 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 18, 1991

Closed Date: May 7, 1992

A pre-trial detainee strip-searched in the county jail after having been arrested for public intoxication filed this case in 1991 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. On t…

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Price v. Jefferson County

3:91-cv-00144 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 7, 1991

Closed Date: 2001

Inmates at the Jefferson County Corrections Department, represented by private attorneys, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on March 7, 1991, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Ke…

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1:90-cv-00482 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 1990

Closed Date: 1994

On October 25, 1990, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and New Hampshire law against the Chief of the Durham Police Department, two police sergeants, one police officer, the supervisor…

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Allen v. Wyandotte County Board of Commissioners

2:90-cv-02059 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: March 9, 1990

Closed Date: 1991

On March 9, 1990, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint in this strip search case in the United States District Court of Kansas. The plaintiff claimed she was unlawfully detained and strip searched af…

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Kraushaar v. Flanigan

1:89-cv-01280 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 1989

Closed Date: Sept. 28, 1995

Plaintiff, a 19-year-old male, filed this case on December 12, 1989 in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois against arresting officers, jailer, and county officials f…

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Justice v. City of Peachtree

3:89-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 12, 1989

Closed Date: 1992

On June 12, 1989, Plaintiffs, two juveniles, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Peachtree and two Peachtree police officers in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District…

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Ernst v. Borough of Fort Lee

2:88-cv-03474 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 1988

Closed Date: 1990

On August 8, 1988, arrestees for a minor traffic violation who were subjected to a strip search filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey and violating officers i…

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Fuller v. M.G. Jewelry

2:88-cv-00707 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 1988

Closed Date: 1992

On February 10, 1988, two individuals filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Los Angeles in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Div…

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Masters v. Crouch

3:87-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 23, 1987

Plaintiff, an arrestee on a mistaken warrant, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit against Jefferson County in the Federal Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiff, represented by pri…

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Doe v. Calumet City, Illinois

1:87-cv-03594 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 17, 1987

Closed Date: 1993

On April 17, 1987, a female arrestee filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the constitutionality of the strip-search policy of…

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Jane Roe v. Town of Highland, IN

2:87-00236 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 17, 1987

Closed Date: 1988

On April 17, 1987, the original plaintiff, Jane Roe, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, challenging the Town of Highland's …

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Smith v. Dawson County, NE

4:86-cv-00851 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 1986

In 1986, a man who had been an arrestee and a inmate at the Dawson County Jail in Lexington, Nebraska filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the county sheriff, the county, and various officers in t…

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Cruz v. Finney County

6:86-01287 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: April 1, 1986

Closed Date: 1987

A woman arrested for driving with a suspended license filed this action in 1986 in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, claiming her strip search after booking violated her Fo…

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Dahm v. City of Rock Island

4:86-cv-04026 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 24, 1986

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 1990

On March 24, 1986, eleven anti-war protesters filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Rock Island, the Chief of the Rock Island Police Department, a matron at Rock County Jail, …

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Roderique v. Kovac

2:85-cv-05778 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 1985

Closed Date: 1990

On December 12, 1985, a detainee for a minor traffic violation filed this 42 U.S.C. §1983 action in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Hunterdon County, the Sheri…

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Klein v. Lundmark

1:85-03430 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 1985

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 1989

In the early 1980s, pretrial detainees held on felony charges at the DuPage Illinois County Jail filed a pro se action that was eventually amended by private counsel to contain six counts against the…

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Watt v. City of Richardson Police Department

3:85-cv-01679 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 1985

Closed Date: 1988

A woman arrested for failure to license her dog in the City of Richmond Texas, who was strip searched, subjected to a cavity search, and jailed, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Nor…

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Swart v. Scott County, Minnesota

4:85-cv-01052 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1985

Closed Date: 1987

On August 13, 1985, an individual arrested for a minor offense filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, challenging the Scott County Jai…

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DiMattesa v. Davies

2:85-03426 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 17, 1985

Plaintiffs in this 1985 strip search case were arrested and charged with prostitution by the Delaware County Pennsylvania Detective's Office and forced to undergo "gynecological examination/strip sea…

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Dobrowolskyj v. Jefferson County, Kentucky

3:85-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 17, 1985

Closed Date: 1987

In 1985, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the Jefferson County Jail, its director, and the county in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Plaintiff, represented by …

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Holton v. Mohon

4:85-00065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 1985

Closed Date: 1987

In 1987, the District Court for the Northern District of Texas found that a county employee's strip search and visual cavity inspection of a woman arested for driving while intoxicated was unreasonab…

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1:84-cv-01041 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 1984

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 1986

Plaintiffs filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Rochester in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Rochester Division. The plaintiffs, represented b…

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Bruscino v. Carlson

4:84-cv-04320 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 24, 1984

Closed Date: June 19, 1989

Several prisoners at the Marion Federal Penitentiary, represented by private counsel, on July 24, 1984, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983-based complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District o…

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Abshire v. Walls

1:84-cv-01811 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 3, 1984

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 1987

This strip search case was brought in May 1984 by a pretrial detainee against Baltimore County police officers in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiff was an o…

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John Does 1-100 v. Ninneman

3:84-cv-00573 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 30, 1984

In 1984, two male pre-trial detainees filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, challenging the strip search policy in effect at the Chis…

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John Does 1-100 v. Boyd

4:84-cv-00378 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 20, 1984

Four anonymous pretrial detainees brought a section 1983 action against the Dakota County Sheriff, complaining that the county jail's indiscriminate strip search policy was unconstitutional as applie…

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1:80-cv-01043 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 1983

This case was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado by an individual claiming his fourth amendment rights were violated when he was strip searched after being arres…

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Kennedy v. LAPD

2:83-cv-07050 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 1983

Closed Date: 1989

In 1983, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Los Angeles Police Department and two LAPD officers in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. …

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Jane Does 1-100 v. Omodt

3:83-cv-00468 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 15, 1983

In 1978, an individual arrested for a minor offense filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, challenging the constitutionality of the He…

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Levka v. City of Chicago

1:83-02283 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 31, 1983

Closed Date: March 27, 1985

In 1983, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff was represented by private …

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Joan W. v. City of Chicago

1:83-00327 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 1983

Closed Date: March 19, 1986

In 1983, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Represented by private counsel, th…

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Susan B. v. City of Chicago

1:83-00228 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 1983

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 1983

In 1983, plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff sought compensatory damages,…

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CODING IN PROCESS

Bovey v. City of Lafayette, Ind.

6:82-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 1982

Closed Date: 1986

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a case involving alleged misconduct by police officials towards the plaintiff, Richard Bovey. The case was filed on December 7, 1982, i…

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Ward v. San Diego County

3:82-01386 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 1982

This case was filed against the County of San Diego and its Sheriff by a woman who was strip searched at a county detention facility after her 1981 arrest on a misdemeanor offense. Plaintiff filed th…

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Kathriner v. City of Overland

4:82-01579 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1982

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 1984

In the early '80s, a detainee filed this case against the City of Overland and various officials in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, claiming violations of her F…

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Hoffman v. City of Chicago

1:82-cv-04984 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 1982

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 1984

This is one of a number of cases challenging the City of Chicago's blanket policy to strip search all female arrestees regardless of the charges or the likelihood that they are concealing contraband.…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Simenc v. Sheriff of DuPage County

1:82-04778 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 1982

Closed Date: 1985

This case was brought in the early 1980s by two DuPage County Jail inmates against the County and various officials. Plaintiffs claimed they were strip searched in violation of their rights to be pro…

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Stewart v. Lubbock County, Texas

5:82-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 20, 1982

Closed Date: Aug. 5, 1985

In the early 1980s, two female arrestees, Paulette Stewart and Barbara Wilkerson, filed separate lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, challenging the blanket strip …

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Jones v. Edwards

8:82-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: May 24, 1982

Plaintiff, an arrestee, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Lincoln County and the City of North Platte, Nebraska in the United States Court for the District of Nebraska. The plaintiff, r…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Smith v. Montgomery County

1:82-cv-01323 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 20, 1982

In May, 1982, Vivian Smith filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, alleging that the blanket strip search policy of the Mont…

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JAIL CONDITIONS

Roscom v. City of Chicago

1:82-02138 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 6, 1982

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 1983

A pretrial detainee brought this case on September 12, 1983 against the City of Chicago, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She claimed she was illegally strip…

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Giles v. Ackerman

4:81-04151 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1981

Closed Date: April 22, 1985

In 1981, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Bonneville County Sheriff, the County, and the County Commissioners, in the United States District Court for the District of Idah…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

3:81-00853 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 1981

Closed Date: 1997

On August 1, 1981, prisoners confined at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center (MCC) in Boydton, Virginia, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Virginia Department of Correcti…

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DeMier v. Gondles

1:80-01086 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1980

Closed Date: 1982

On November 12, 1980, two arrestees filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in order to challenge the strip search policy of the …

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1:80-cv-02124 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 1980

Closed Date: 1983

In 1980, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against twenty-five defendants, including the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, the Superintendent of the Massachu…

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Hunt v. Polk County, Iowa

4:80-00382 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 1980

Closed Date: Nov. 12, 1982

In 1980, Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, filed a lawsuit against Polk County. Plaintiff alleged that employees of the Polk County Jail violated his constitutional rights when they strip-s…

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Regan v. Salt Lake County

2:80-cv-00131 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: March 6, 1980

Closed Date: 2006

On March 6, 1980, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, alleging that Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office was engagin…

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Logan v. Shealy

1:80-cv-00210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 4, 1980

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 1982

A woman who was strip searched after refusing to take a breathalyzer test after an arrest for a DWI brought this action in the Eastern District of Virginia against Arlington County and various judici…

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CODING IN PROCESS

Tinetti v. Wittke

2:79-00447 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: June 19, 1979

Closed Date: April 24, 1980

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) The plaintiff in this case sought to enjoin Racine County law enforcement from strip searching persons arrested for non-misdemeanor traffic vi…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

H.C. v. Jarrard

4:79-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 19, 1979

On or about 1979, juvenile detainees filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services in the United States District Court…

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Iskander v. Village of Forest Park

1:79-cv-01192 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 26, 1979

This strip search case was brought in 1979 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against a Zayre Department store and the Village of Forest Park. The plaintiff, re…

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Jane Does v. City of Chicago

1:79-00789 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 1, 1979

Closed Date: Sept. 24, 1984

Three women who had been subjected to strip and cavity searches in accordance with a blanket policy to strip search all female arrestees regardless of the charges or the likelihood that they are conc…

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Tikalski v. City of Chicago

1:78-03260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 1978

Closed Date: March 6, 1984

This is one of a number of cases challenging the City of Chicago's blanket policy to strip search all female arrestees regardless of the charges or the likelihood that they are concealing contraband.…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Clarence M. v. Yakima Co

2:78-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: June 22, 1978

Closed Date: 1982

On June 22, 1978, juveniles detained at the Yakima County Juvenile Detention Center in Washington brought a class action lawsuit in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Hurley v. Coughlin

1:77-cv-03847 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 1977

In 1977, Michael Hurley filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), seeking …

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Doe v. Holladay

1:77-00074 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: June 17, 1977

Closed Date: April 1, 1982

In May 1977, male juvenile students in a Montana correctional institution filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, seeking declarat…

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Johnson v. O'Brien and Bullington v. Moreland

4:76-00210 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 9, 1976

On May 30, 1979, Robert Burlington, a pre-trial detainee at St. Louis County Jail in Clayton, Missouri, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri agains…

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Sala v. County of Suffolk

1:75-00486 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 2, 1975

This civil rights action was brought against the County of Suffolk, its sheriff and a correction officer by a woman subjected to a strip search after being detained on a minor charge. The district c…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION

Santiago v. Philadelphia

2:74-02589 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 1974

In October of 1974, juvenile inmates at the Philadelphia Youth Study Center (YSC) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(3), 2000d against the City of Philadelphia and local Famil…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

3:74-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 8, 1974

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 1980

Plaintiffs, a group of federal prisoners housed in a highly restrictive setting and represented by private counsel from the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance's Marion Prisoners' Rights Project, the AC…

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Frazier v. Ward

6:73-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: July 9, 1973

In 1973, six inmates of the Special Housing Unit at the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Nort…

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PRISON CONDITIONS

Imprisoned Citizens Union v. Shapp

2:70-cv-03054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 1970

Closed Date: March 23, 1999

On November 4, 1970, the Imprisoned Citizens Union, an unincorporated association composed of prisoners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 agains…

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