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Strip-Searched Kid Can Sue

Savannah Redding, a 13 year-old honor student, was strip-searched at school because a girl who already was in trouble said Savannah might be carrying ibuprofen.

The 9th Circuit says Savannah has the right to sue the child molester school administrator who did it. The case raises issues in two different areas: the 4th Amendment’s protection against illegal searches, and the idea of limited immunity for officials.

 
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Read the 9th Circuit DecisionNJ v TLOSaucier v Katz

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