BROUSSEAU v. TOWN OF WESTERLY

C.A. No. 96-365-T.

11 F.Supp.2d 177 (1998)

Sarah BROUSSEAU, a minor By and Through her parent and next friend Bethany BROUSSEAU v. TOWN OF WESTERLY, By and Through its Treasurer, Pasquale J. PERRI, Jr.; Joy Sacco, alias, individually and in her official capacity as Principal of the Babcock Middle School employed by the Town of Westerly; John Carson, alias, individually and in his official capacity as Assistant Principal of Babcock Middle School employed by the Town of Westerly; and Camille Martin, alias, in her official capacity as a lunchroom aide at the Babcock Middle School employed by the Town of Westerly.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

June 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sinapi, Sinapi Law Associates, Cranston, RI, for Plaintiffs.

Mark T. Nugent, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Providence, RI, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TORRES, District Judge.

Bethany Brousseau brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of her daughter, Sarah, a sixth grade student in the Westerly school system. The gravamen of the complaint is that Sarah's Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by school officials when they conducted a warrantless search of Sarah and her classmates in an...

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