United States Second Circuit
N.G. v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 02-9274
Searches performed on young girls in juvenile detention centers after initial entry into custody are lawful, however, repetitive searches, conducted while the juvenile remains in custody, violate the Fourth Amendment in the absence of reasonable suspicion that contraband is possessed.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/07/2004
- Published 09/07/2004
Judges
- Before: NEWMAN, SOTOMAYOR, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas W. Kelly, Newport, RI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Terrence M. O'Neill, Asst. Atty. General, Hartford, CT (Richard Blumenthal, Atty. General, Steven R. Strom, Asst. Atty. General, Hartford, CT, on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees.