Tardiff v. Knox County’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Anderson v. Creighton · Bell v. Wolfish
Most-quoted passages
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“While the First Circuit has not directly addressed the appropriate test for the validity of a strip search during the booking process at a local jail and incident to a felony arrest, this Court concludes that, with respect to detainees charged with a non-violent, non-weapon, non-drug felony, the particularized reasonable suspicion test is applicable, rather than strip searches of all felony arrestees being authorized based solely on the fact that they had been arrested on a charge categorized under state law as a felony.... The distinction between felony and misdemeanor detainees alone fails to address the likelihood that a detainee would be concealing drugs, weapons, or other contraband.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Contraband in a correctional facility creates a danger to staff, visitors, and residents. In an effort to stem the flow of contraband, facility shakedowns, searches of common and living areas will be performed, in addition to body searches of inmates in accordance with the Maine State Attorney General’s Rules for Searches and the Maine Jail Standards. Officers must act in a professional manner while performing pat and strip searches and do them in the least degrading manner possible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a. They shall be conducted only by, and in the presence of, staff of the same sex as the inmate. b. They shall be recorded and include at a minimum: (1) Name of inmate. (2) Name of staff person doing the search. (3) Name of any other persons present. (4) Justification for search if required under 5 MRSA, Section 200G.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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