A jail was justified when it used group strip searches to speed up intake for large numbers of inmates, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Aug. 18 (Sumpter v. Wayne Cty., 2017 BL 289692, 6th Cir., No. 16-2102, 8/18/17).
The guard who conducted the searches was entitled to qualified immunity in the civil rights suit an inmate filed against her, Judge Richard A. Griffin wrote in an opinion joined by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton.
Qualified immunity protects government officials, including police and other law enforcement, from civil liability so long as they’re doing their ...
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