Dodge v. County of Orange.

• Position: Violation of United States Constitution. 4th Amendment and strip searching - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Dodge v. County of Orange, 282 F.Supp.2d 41 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A suit sought a permanent injunction against a county jail's policy of strip searching newly arrived pretrial detainees upon their initial admission. The district court held that the policy, in its initial form and in two subsequent revisions, violated the Fourth Amendment to the extent that it allowed a strip search without individualized reasonable suspicion that a detainee was carrying contraband...