SAFFORD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 V. REDDING
129 S.Ct. 2633 (2009)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Safford (D) appealed a reversal of the trial court’s granting of
summary judgment under qualified immunity.
FACTS: Redding (P), a 13-year-old girl was called to the assistant principal's (Wilson)
office. He showed her a day planner, unzipped and open flat on his desk, in which there were
several knives, lighters, a permanent marker, and a cigarette. P said the planner was hers
but she had lent it to Marissa Glines. She stated that none of the items in the planner
belonged to her. He showed P four white prescription-strength ibuprofen 400-mg pills, and
one over-the-counter blue naproxen 200-mg pill, all used for pain and inflammation but
banned under school rules without advance permission. P said she knew nothing about the
pills. Wilson told her that he had received a report that she was giving these pills to
fellow students; she denied it and let Wilson search her belongings. Helen Romero, an
administrative assistant, came into the office. They found nothing. Wilson instructed Romero
to take P to the school nurse’s office to search her clothes for pills. Romero and the
nurse, Peggy Schwallier, asked her to remove her jacket, socks, and shoes, leaving her in
stretch pants and a T-shirt (both without pockets), which she was then asked to remove. P
was told to pull her bra out and to the side and shake it, and to pull out the elastic on
her underpants, thus exposing her breasts and pelvic area to some degree. No pills were
found. P's mother filed suit against Safford Unified School District #1 (D) as well as
Wilson, Romero, and Schwallier for conducting a strip search in violation of P’s Fourth
Amendment rights. Ds moved for summary judgment, raising a defense of qualified immunity.
The District Court granted the motion on the ground that there was no Fourth Amendment
violation, and a panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed. A closely divided Circuit sitting en
banc reversed. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
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