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CUESTA v. SCHOOL BD. OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLA.

No. 00-16086.

285 F.3d 962 (2002)

Liliana CUESTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, Michael Alexander, Miami-Dade County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Wisotsky, Coconut Grove, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ana Isabel Segura, James J. Allen, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES, BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider two issues: whether a school board is liable for an allegedly unlawful arrest stemming from a "zero tolerance" policy towards school related violent crime and whether a county is liable for an allegedly unconstitutional strip search of the arrestee. With respect to the first issue, we conclude that a school board cannot be held liable for allegedly unlawful arrests that result from a policy that merely calls on...

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