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Mason v. Village of Babylon. New York. 124 F.Supp.2d 807 (E.D.N.Y. 2000). An arrestee who was taken into custody based on a traffic warrant that was later determined to have been recalled, filed an action under [ss] 1983 alleging false arrest and illegal search. The district court found that a no-contact partial strip search, incident to arrest violated the Fourth Amendment because neither the nature of the offense nor the circumstances of arrest raised any suspicion that would justify such...