Legal Opinion
Hedgepeth Ex Rel. Hedgepeth v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 26, 2004No. 03-7149PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBERTS.
ROBERTS, Circuit Judge:
No one is very happy about the events that led to this litigation. A twelve-year-old girl was arrested, searched, and handcuffed. Her shoelaces were removed, and she was transported in the windowless rear compartment of a police vehicle to a juvenile processing center, where she was booked, fingerprinted, and detained until released to her mother some three hours later — all for eating a single french fry in a Metrorail station. The child was frightened, embarrassed, and crying throughout the ordeal. The district…
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