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Know Your Rights: Students Are Protected from Strip Searches by School Officials

By Walin & Klarich

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a strip search was illegal where a minor student was suspected of carrying Ibuprofen on campus. During an incident in 2003 at Safford Middle School, a student told school officials that Savana Redding was carrying the painkillers. Two female staffers proceeded to conduct the strip search of Redding, but found no pills. The Supreme Court affirmed the 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruling in Safford United School District v. Redding (DJDAR 9383). The decision of the court was based in part on existing California rulings, where strip searches in schools are banned. In its decision, the court held that the school officials search violated Redding?s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures because it went beyond the grounds of ?reasonableness? that were defined by a previous case in 1985...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on July 27, 2009 (boomark / email).