Legal Opinion

Amanda Sumpter v. Wayne Cty.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 18, 2017No. 16-2102PublishedCited by 101 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, J., joined by Sutton, J.,

CLAY, J. (pp. 492-503); delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Pretrial detainees must tolerate some invasion of them privacy in order to accommodate the important government interests necessary for the operation of the detention facility. For instance, detainees may be subjected to suspicionless strip searches as part of the jail’s intake process. See Florence v. Bd. of Chosen Freeholders of Cty. of Burlington, 566 U.S. 318, 328, 132 S.Ct. 1510, 182 L.Ed.2d 566 (2012). The issue we face is whether periodically conducting group strip searches when the number of…

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