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SMITH v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.

Civ. No. Y-82-1323.

607 F.Supp. 1303 (1985)

Vivian Anderson SMITH, et al. v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

April 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Symonds, Lanham, Md., Clausen Ely, Jr., Ellen J. Flannery, Arthur B. Spitzer and Elizabeth Symonds, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Carole A. Jeffries, Suzanne Levin, Silver Spring, Md., Robert G. Tobin and Jennifer Evans, Rockville, Md., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This case involves the constitutionality of the policy of conducting indiscriminate strip searches, with or without probable cause, of all persons detained at the Montgomery County, Maryland Detention Center. The plaintiff, Vivian Smith, originally brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of herself and purportedly as...

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