Legal Opinion
Chapman v. Nichols
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1993No. Nos. 92-5122, 92-5178PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs are four women who were arrested for minor traffic violations, taken to the Creek County Jail in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and subjected to strip searches notwithstanding the lack of reasonable suspicion to believe they were concealing weapons or contraband. They brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) against Doug Nichols, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Creek County, contending that he violated their Fourth Amendment rights by promulgating the policy under which they were searched. Sheriff Nichols appeals the district court’s…
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