Wood v. Hancock County Sheriff's Department

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• concluding that the liability imposed on county officials acting in their official capacities is “indistinguishable from the county’s” liability
• holding that jury instructions defining a strip search as “a deliberate, visual inspection of the naked body of a prisoner which includes the examination of the mouth and armpits” provided an “overly narrow” definition warranting a new trial
• “[T]he individuals were sued only in their official capacities. As such their liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is indistinguishable from the county’s”
• not requiring a “demand to open one’s mouth or lift one’s arms” to find a strip search
• “Our case law holds that an individual detained on a misdemeanor charge may be strip searched as part of the booking process only if officers have reasonable suspicion that he is either armed or carrying contraband.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).