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Case Name
Miracle v. Bullitt County, Kentucky
JC-KY-0007
Docket / Court
3:05-cv-00130-JBC-JDM ( W.D. Ky. )
State/Territory
Kentucky
Case Type(s)
Jail Conditions
Special Collection
Strip Search Cases
Case Summary
On March 2, 2005, two women arrested for minor offenses filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, challenging the strip search policy of the Bullitt County, Kentucky Jail. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that the Jail's blanket ...
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On March 2, 2005, two women arrested for minor offenses filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, challenging the strip search policy of the Bullitt County, Kentucky Jail. Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that the Jail's blanket policy of strip searching all arrestees regardless of whether there was any reasonable suspicion that the arrestee was in possession of contraband or weapons violated the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs sought compensatory and punitive damages, declaratory and injunctive relief, and class certification.
Defendants answered Plaintiffs' complaint by generally denying all allegations.
At the time of this summary, the case was still pending, and the parties were engaged in ongoing discovery.
Dan Dalton - 01/22/2008
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Female
Constitutional Clause
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Equal Protection
Unreasonable search and seizure
General
Search policies
Strip search policy
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1983
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Bullitt County
Plaintiff Description
All individuals arrested for minor offenses who were required to remove their clothing for a visual inspection on admission to the Jail despite the absence of any reasonable suspicion that they were carrying or concealing weapons or contraband.
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
None yet
Source of Relief
None yet
Filed
03/02/2005
Case Closing Year
2009
Case Ongoing
No
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Jail Strip-Search Cases: Patterns and Participants
http://law.duke.edu/journals/lcp
Date: Spring 2008
By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University in St. Louis Faculty)
Citation: 71 Law & Contemp. Problems 65 (2008)
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Documents
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Court
Docket(s)
W.D. Ky.
10/15/2009
3:05-cv-00130-JBC-JDM
JC-KY-0007-9000.pdf
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General Documents
W.D. Ky.
03/02/2005
Complaint [ECF# 1]
JC-KY-0007-0001.pdf
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W.D. Ky.
12/21/2005
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 14]
JC-KY-0007-0002.pdf
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Detail
W.D. Ky.
10/24/2007
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 31]
JC-KY-0007-0004.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Ky.
05/23/2008
Settlement Agreement [ECF# 40-2]
JC-KY-0007-0003.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Ky.
08/04/2008
Order [ECF# 45]
JC-KY-0007-0005.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Ky.
08/14/2008
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 47]
(2008 WL 3850477)
JC-KY-0007-0006.pdf
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W.D. Ky.
11/19/2008
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 56]
(2008 WL 4974799)
JC-KY-0007-0007.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Ky.
07/24/2009
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 64]
(2009 WL 2240390)
JC-KY-0007-0008.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Ky.
10/15/2009
Final Order and Judgment [ECF# 70]
JC-KY-0007-0009.pdf
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People
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Judges
Coffman, Jennifer B.
(FISC, E.D. Ky., W.D. Ky.)
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JC-KY-0007-0005 | JC-KY-0007-0006 | JC-KY-0007-0007 | JC-KY-0007-0008 | JC-KY-0007-0009 | JC-KY-0007-9000
Moyer, James D.
(W.D. Ky.) [Magistrate]
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Belzley, Gregory A.
(Kentucky)
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JC-KY-0007-0002 | JC-KY-0007-0003 | JC-KY-0007-0004 | JC-KY-0007-9000
Vaughn, E. Liddell
(Kentucky)
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JC-KY-0007-0001 | JC-KY-0007-9000
Walker, Robert D. II
(Kentucky)
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JC-KY-0007-0002 | JC-KY-0007-0004 | JC-KY-0007-9000
Wallace, Mark B.
(Kentucky)
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JC-KY-0007-0001 | JC-KY-0007-9000
Defendant's Lawyers
Blankenship, Stacey A.
(Kentucky)
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JC-KY-0007-0003 | JC-KY-0007-9000
Bowles, David P
(Kentucky)
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Moore, Douglas R.
(Kentucky)
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Sholar, Walter A
(Kentucky)
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Watson, Robert T.
(Kentucky)
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Other Lawyers
Bailey, Gregory J.
(Kentucky)
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