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JUSTICE v. CITY OF PEACHTREE CITY

No. 91-8427.

961 F.2d 188 (1992)

Charles JUSTICE, as Next Friend of James Justice, Keith Simon as Next Friend of Lazena Simon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PEACHTREE CITY, Keith Dryden, Individually and in his Capacity as a Police Officer, Chris Matson, Individually and in his Capacity as a Police Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Edward Bischoff, Bischoff & White, Fayetteville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Asa Mitchell Powell, Jr., Sanders, Mottola, Haugen & Mann, Newnan, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case which presents an issue of first impression, we hold that law enforcement officers may subject a juvenile who is lawfully in custody to a strip search based upon reasonable suspicion that the juvenile is concealing a weapon or contraband, when the strip search is conducted in the least intrusive manner, even where the juvenile is in custody after being arrested for an offense that is not a felony. In so holding, we affirm the...

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