Jodie Smook v. Minnehaha County

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Jodie Smook filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, “individually and behalf of all other persons similarly situated,” alleging, among other things, that the policy of the Minnehaha, South Dakota, County Juvenile Detention Center (“JDC”) to “strip search[ ] minors without probable cause” was unconstitutional. The complaint sought damages and injunctive relief. After granting Smook’s motion for class certification, the district court denied the defendants’ motions for summary judgment on the search claims, and granted the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary…