What is the current state of the law on cavity searches of arrestees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Shain v. Ellison, 273 F.3d 56 (2nd Cir. 2000):
As the majority notes, in Weber v. Dell, 804 F.2d 796 (2d Cir. 1986), we developed a standard for assessing the constitutionality of cavity searches of arrestees: The Constitution, we held, "precludes prison officials from performing... cavity searches of arrestees charged with misdemeanors or other minor offenses unless the officials
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