United States First Circuit

In this case, petitioner Ruskai cannot pass through some airport security checkpoints under current Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security protocols without submitting to a standard pat-down to look for concealed metallic and nonmetallic weapons. Petition to set aside the decision of the TSA rejecting her argument that it change its protocols is denied, where: 1) the Fourth Amendment does not prevent the TSA from searching for both metallic and nonmetallic weapons on passengers who trigger walk-through metal detector alarms just as it does on passengers who decline to pass through Advanced Imaging Technology scanners; and 2) the selection of a screen designed to detect both metallic and nonmetallic weapons is reasonable, and affect persons with and without disabilities alike, and once TSA determined Ruskai had no weapon, she gained access through the checkpoint irrespective of any aspects of her disability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/23/2014
• Published 12/23/2014

Judges

• Kayatta

Court

• United States First Circuit

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