This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Civil Rights

Jun. 12, 2004

Strip-Search Suit Gets Class Certification

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge certified as a class action Thursday the civil rights lawsuit against San Francisco county jail claiming prisoners have been unconstitutionally subjected to strip searches.

        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge certified as a class action Thursday the civil rights lawsuit against San Francisco county jail claiming prisoners have been unconstitutionally subjected to strip searches.
        Local activist Mary Bull, arrested in 2003 on suspicion of vandalism during a San Francisco peace rally, and eight others assert they were wrongly strip-searched by deputies. <...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up