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 Phoenix
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“Can you 'Plead the Fifth' when you get called down to the principal's office?” Probably not. The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination applies only if whatever you would say could place you in danger of being prosecuted for a crime.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things ...
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 ...
While education may not be a "fundamental right" under the Constitution, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment requires that when a state establishes a public school system (as in Texas), no child living in that state may be denied equal access to schooling.
' Consistent with Barnette, a public school student clearly does not forfeit the protection of the fifth amendment merely because he or she enters a public school; 0 the more difficult issue concerns how to apply the privilege against self-incrimination to students accused of wrongdoing in the public schools.
DO remember that you have the right to remain silent, and TELL THEM you want to use that right.
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.