Legal Opinion
Noelle Way v. County of Ventura Robert Brooks Karen Hanson, and Robert Ortiez, Ventura Police Officer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2006No. 04-55457PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks and Deputy Karen Hanson are entitled to qualified immunity for conducting a strip search with a visual cavity inspection of Noelle Way during the booking process at a pre-trial detention facility on a misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of cocaine or methamphetamine in violation of California Health & Safety Code § 11550(a). This requires us first to decide whether a strip search with a visual cavity inspection can be justified based on Ventura County’s blanket strip-search policy allowing such a search…
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