Legal Opinion
Vollette v. Watson
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 24, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2:12cv231PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
MARK S. DAVIS, District Judge.
On April 21, 2011, Bill Watson, the elected Sheriff in Portsmouth, Virginia (“Sheriff Watson”), ordered his deputies to conduct strip searches of all civilian contractors that entered the Portsmouth City Jail (the “Jail”) the following day. Sheriff Watson issued such blanket order based on information he had received indicating that contractors were bringing contraband into the Jail. On April 22, 2011, all nine Plaintiffs were among those contractors that underwent strip searches. One year later, Plaintiffs filed suit against Sheriff Watson and…
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