McCormick v. City of Lawrence

PlERRON, J.:

Shawn P. McCormick filed suit against the City of Lawrence and various police officers, claiming they had violated his rights by subjecting him to both an improper strip search and an unauthorized body cavity search. McCormick appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition on grounds that the action was commenced after the applicable statute of limitations had expired.

Due to the procedural history, the record in this case is quite sparse. The only account we have of the underlying facts comes from McCormick’s initial petition. According to McCormick, police officers “converged”…