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POLK v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.

Nos. 84-2205(L), 84-2206.

782 F.2d 1196 (1986)

Mary Bracken POLK, Appellee, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND; Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland; Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for Plaintiff at Seven Locks Detention Center, Appellants. and Montgomery County Police Department; Bernard D. Crooke, Individually and as Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland; Joseph Beddick, Officer, Montgomery County Police Department; Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center; Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center; James A. Young, Individually and as Sheriff of Montgomery County, Maryland, Defendants, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, et al., amicus curiae. Mary Bracken POLK, Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND; Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of Montgomery County, Maryland; Gary B. Blake, Individually and as Director of Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Samuel F. Saxton, Individually and as Warden of Seven Locks Detention Center; Rosa Lynn, Individually and as Supervising Matron of Seven Locks Detention Center; Denise Dodson, Individually and as Receiving Officer for Plaintiff at Seven Locks Detention Center, Appellees, Class Denominated Vivian A. Smith, et al., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole A. Jeffries, Suzanne Levin (Jeffries & Levin, P.C., Silver Spring, Md., on brief), for appellants/cross appellees.

L. Palmer Foret, Edward J. Walinsky (William J. Carter, Carr, Goodson & Lee, P.C., Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellees/cross-appellant.

Ellen J. Flannery (Clausen Ely, Jr., Anne V. Simonett, Covington & Burling, Arthur B. Spitzer, Elizabeth Symonds, Washington, D.C., on brief), for amicus curiae.

Before MURNAGHAN, ERVIN and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.

SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge.

Mary Bracken Polk, the plaintiff, was arrested at her home, pursuant to a bench warrant, for failure to obtain a Maryland driver's license, failure to make a court appearance, and failure to comply with the conditions of a bond. She was incarcerated at the Montgomery County Detention Center (MCDC) and was subjected to a visual strip search. During the search, she was required to remove all of her clothing and squat while a female correctional...

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