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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 Calumet City, Illinois. Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that the Calumet City Police Department policy of strip-searching women who had been arrested for non-felony offenses, without any particularized belief that the arrestee possessed either a weapon or contraband violated the Fourth Amendment o…
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Turkmen v. Ashcroft

1:02-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2002

Turkmen v. Ashcroft, also known as Ziglar v. Abbasi, is one of two related actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York by plaintiffs who were investigated and detained for suspected terrorist ties in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It was filed on April 17, 2002 as a class-action lawsuit, but the class was never certified. The case was assigned to Judge John Gleeson. (The related case, Elmaghraby v. Ashcroft (later Ashcroft v. Iqbal), was also assigned to Judge …
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Foote v. Spiegel

2:94-cv-00754 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 1994

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 2001

A motorist brought this suit under § 1983 against Utah State Troopers, corrections officers, and the state of Utah on August 1, 1994 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The motorist alleged that the officers violated her Fourth Amendment rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they strip searched after a traffic stop. The motorist sought damages for these alleged violations. She was represented by McCullough, Jones & Ivins and the American Civil Liberties Unio…
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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 Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, claiming that their Fourth Amendment rights had been violated. Specifically, they claimed that L.A. County's policy of strip searching them violated their constitutional rights.On February 21, …
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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 Idaho. Plaintiff, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, sought declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief, claiming that that she was strip searched in violation of her fourth amendment rights and that Defendants' blanket policy to strip search all people booked into the county jail for m…
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Hicks v. Moore

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 domestic dispute with her estranged husband. Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, plead federal and state law claims. She sought damages for the search and for the conduct of a male officer who took her fingerprints in such a way as to make unecessary contact with her breasts and pelvis.The Distr…
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Hill v. Bogans

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 arrested on an invalid warrant on his way to work. He sued a police officer and the City and County of Denver Colorado.The District Court (Judge Richard P. Matsch) dismissed the case, holding that the search was not unreasonable. Plaintiff appealed.On May 30, 1984, the United States Court of Appeals for …
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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 unreasonable and that the employee and the county were not entitled to qualified immunity.We have no further information about this case
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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-searched him following his arrest on March 18, 1980. Plaintiff alleged that the practice of strip and body cavity searches of temporary pre-arraignment detainees charged with minor offenses was unconstitutional when officials do not suspect contraband.The parties filed a joint stipulation of facts o…
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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, represented by private counsel, claimed that his Fourth Amendment rights had been violated. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that a strip search conducted without any reasonable suspicion of a security threat violated his constitutional rights.On April 30, 1981, in the city of North Platte, Nebras…