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· 9/16/1993

Newkirk v. Sheers

Citations

  • 834 F. Supp. 772
  • 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12989
  • 1993 WL 368926

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting defendants’ argument that the strip searches of non-violent protestors pursuant to a blanket policy was reasonable because persons “ ‘who commit actions intending or expecting to go to prison’ ” threaten institutional security
  • “[S]o long as there is not an outright policy that prohibits telephone use by pretrial detainees, any restriction or limitations that serve a legitimate governmental purpose, and are not punitive, are constitutional . . . .”

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Judges: Van Antwerpen

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