R.M. v. NORTHERN REGIONAL UNIT


842 A.2d 308 (2004)

367 N.J. Super. 229

R.M., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The NORTHERN REGIONAL UNIT, Officer B. Singletary, Officer Torres, Sgt. Collins, the New Jersey Department of Corrections and the State of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Albanese & Barletti, attorneys for appellant (James N. Barletti, of counsel and on the brief).

Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondents (Michael J. Haas, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mary Beth Wood, Deputy Attorney General, and Victoria L. Kuhn, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, LINTNER and REISNER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by REISNER, J.A.D.

Appellant, who has been civilly committed to the Department of Corrections (DOC) Northern Regional Unit (NRU) as a sexually violent predator pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38, challenges as unconstitutional a DOC policy that requires periodic random searches of the NRU residents' rooms. We hold that the policy is constitutional.

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On May 28, 2002, R.M. filed a verified complaint...

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