Cuesta v. School Bd. of Miami-Dade County, Fla.

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Cuesta v. School Bd. of Miami-Dade County, Fla., 285 F.3d 962 (11th Cir. 2002). A high school student sued a school board and a county under [section] 1983 alleging she was subjected to an unconstitutional strip search. The district court entered summary judgment for the school board and county and the student appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that there was reasonable suspicion to strip search the student. The student had distributed, with eight other students, an anonymous pamphlet on school grounds that included an essay in which the author "wondered what would happen" if he shot the principal, teachers or other...