This form is a Complaint. This action was filed by the plaintiff due to a strip search which was conducted upon his/her person after an arrest. The plaintiff requests that he/she be awarded compensatory damages and punitive damages for the alleged violation of his/her constitutional rights.
Search Amendment With Schools In Los Angeles
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Students are required by law to attend school, and by statute, principals, teachers, and other school personnel may exercise the same degree of physical control over a pupil that a parent could, in order to maintain order, safety, and a learning environment.
“Reasonable suspicion” is a legal term that relates to students' to constitutional rights. It means that school staff can only search a student when they have a reasonable belief that the student broke the law or school rules. Rumors or hunches are not enough to allow staff to search a student.
If you and your parents continued to refuse, they would then say you were refusing the search and suspend you for that. If you gave up the bag, but continued to object, and they found something, the evidence would be admissible and you could (and would) be punished.
The Fourth Amendment applies to searches conducted by public school officials because “school officials act as representatives of the State, not merely as surrogates for the parents.” 350 However, “the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject ...
The Fourth Amendment applies to searches conducted by public school officials because “school officials act as representatives of the State, not merely as surrogates for the parents.” 350 However, “the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject ...
A: In the United States, including California, the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination applies to criminal proceedings, not to academic settings like high schools.
In general, the more intrusive a search is, the more evidence will be required to justify it. This basically means that the school must have a stronger reason for a searching your body than for searching your belongings and they must have a stronger reason for searching your belongings than for searching your locker.