This form is a Complaint. This action was filed by the plaintiff due to a strip search which was conducted upon his/her person after an arrest. The plaintiff requests that he/she be awarded compensatory damages and punitive damages for the alleged violation of his/her constitutional rights.
Student Strip Searched For Vape Pen In Phoenix
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The Arizona Public Records Law has been in existence for more than 100 years and mandates that all public records be open to inspection by any person at all times during office hours. Public records include books, papers, maps, photographs or other documentary materials.
The critical thing to remember is that if you're on the Internet, chances are your school can see what you do with it whether they admit to monitoring or not. (Some schools have even been known to monitor students when off-campus). So don't worry about "overthinking" it — the best thing to do is be careful.
The Fourth Amendment applies to searches conducted by public school officials because “school officials act as representatives of the State, not merely as surrogates for the parents.” 350 However, “the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject ...
YES, but only under certain circumstances. First, your school must have a “reasonable suspicion” that searching you will turn up evidence that you violated a school rule or law.
Redding, 557 U.S. 364 (2009), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a strip search of a middle school student by school officials violated the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
After Safford, a strip search of a student will be upheld if (1) there is any indication of danger to the students because of the nature of the item sought or (2) there is suspicion that the student is concealing the item sought in his or her underwear.
A strip search or visual body cavity search, or both, shall not be conducted without the prior written authorization of the supervising officer on duty. The authorization shall include the specific and articulable facts and circumstances upon which the reasonable suspicion determination was made by the supervisor.
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In 2008, the ACLU filed suit against Bucyrus City Schools after officials strip searched five students they suspected of having cigarettes. A Valley eighthgrader was reportedly asked to strip down so school officials could check for drugs.4, according to a Tucson police report. "The school had no justifiable reason to strip search an eighthgrade girl for a vape pen. Oklahoma middle schooler forced to reveal bra at school during search for a vape pen, mother says. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio was victorious in federal court last week in a case involving the strip search of five middle school students. Nine vape pens were confiscated from students last week from a middle school in the Kyrene School District last week. 5. Park: 4 PM - 10 PM. Waterpark: Closed. There is no place for racism, harassment, or discrimination in the Nordonia Hills City School District. Under no circumstances shall any student be subjected to a strip search or a body cavity search.