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N.D. Ill.: Strip search of acquitted defendants on release from jail unreasonable

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In another strip search case, plaintiffs granted summary judgment on claims that after being acquitted in court they were strip searched on out-processing at the jail. Bullock v. Sheahan, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59248 (N.D. Ill. July 30, 2008).* Plaintiff's claim of on-the-street strip search survives summary judgment. False arrest claim fails under Heck. Jean-Laurent v. Hennessy, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59478 (E.D. N.Y. August 1, 2008).* Defense counsel could not be ineffective for not filing a losing motion to suppress. Wall v. United States, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59491 (N.D. N.Y. August 1, 2008).* E.D. Va. considers a search claim on the merits under AEDPA rather than dismissing it under Stone and finds that the decision of the state courts was supported by the evidence and legally correct...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 09, 2008 (boomark / email).