In 1983, plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff sought compensatory damages, alleging she was strip searched in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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In 1983, plaintiff filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff sought compensatory damages, alleging she was strip searched in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Plaintiff alleged she was ordered to squat five times despite her objections that she had not recovered from a recent hysterectomy and that a strip search would cause her substantial pain and create a threat of injury. Levka v. City of Chicago, 748 F.2d 421, 426 (7th Cir. 1984) (JC-IL-10-7500).
In November 1983, a jury awarded plaintiff $15,000 following a one day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Milton I. Shadur on the damages. The Seventh Circuit had previously held that defendant's strip-search policy for female arrestees violated the Fourth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection (see JC-IL-10). Susan B. v. City of Chicago, No. 83-C-228, 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11437 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 22, 1983).
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Shira Gordon - 05/31/2012
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