bellnier v lund

206, 498 F.2d 748 (1974), a marijuana-sniffing dog was allowed to sniff the air around a footlocker in a bus depot. 466, 47 C.M.R. 47 (N.D.N.Y 1977) Searches of Places Students have a limited expectation of privacy of areas such as lockers, which are owned and jointly controlled by the school. The students were there ordered to strip down to their undergarments, and their clothes were searched. This Court is specifically confronted with the following issues: (1) whether the investigative procedure used by the school officials with the assistance of law enforcement officers, for the sole and exclusive purpose of furthering a valid educational goal of eliminating drug use within the school, was a seizure and search under the Fourth Amendment; (2) whether the use of dogs to detect marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia in the classroom was, standing alone, a search under the Fourth Amendment; (3) whether the admitted search of a student's clothing upon the continued alert of a trained drug detecting canine was violative of rights protected by the Fourth Amendment; and (4) whether the nude body search conducted solely upon the basis of a trained drug detecting canine's alert violated the plaintiff's right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. [2] These reports consisted of direct communication between teachers at the Junior and Senior High School and school administrators, either face to face or by signed written notes; by student tips, usually anonymous, by letters from parents, and by telephone calls, also, usually anonymous. An appeal by defendant Reardon to the class regarding knowledge of the missing money proved fruitless. 5,429 F. Supp. ." This Court can conceive of many situations where the alert of a trained dog alone can provide the necessary reasonable cause for a more complete but private body search. If the search had been conducted for the purpose of discovering evidence to be used in a criminal prosecution, the school may well have had to satisfy a standard of probable cause rather than reasonable cause to believe. Dist. Act. 410 (1976). (2 times) View All Authorities Share Support FLP CourtListener is a project of Free Law Project, a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit. The Court is not unmindful of the dilemma which confronts school officials in a situation such as this. Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world. No evidence was presented at trial that shows plaintiff was in any way discomforted by the mere fact of being made to continue her class work for an extra 95 minutes. 1983. It finds no fault with the school administrators using their own senses and the senses of properly trained outside personnel and dogs to detect serious conditions that are patently adverse to the proper administration of a public school. Plaintiff Leonti stated that he was sure that he had $4.00 when he arrived at school, showing defendant Reardon the four raffle ticket stubs indicating sales proceeds in the amount of $4.00, only $1.00 of which remained in Leonti's pocket. While it would seem self-evident that the actions of a teacher or school official employed by a public municipality board of education would constitute state action under Monroe v. Pape, supra, this has not been a universally held notion among the various federal courts. Because those administrators now acted with assistance from a uniformed officer does not change their function. In this case, the teacher initiated a strip search after being informed by 516 (N.D. Ill.1977). In making such an analysis, some factors which warrant consideration are: 1) the child's age; 2) the child's history and record in school; 3) the seriousness and prevalence of the problem to which the search is directed; and 4) the exigency requiring an immediate warrantless search. Moore v. Student Affairs Committee of Troy State Univ.,284 F. Supp. See also, Shelton v. Pargo, Inc., 582 F.2d 1298 (4th Cir. 2d 324; U. S. v. Pond, 523 F.2d 210 (2d Cir. The students were then asked to empty their pockets and remove their shoes. The latest circuit to find that the dog's actions of sniffing the air outside a defendant's locker was not a search was in United States v. Venema, 563 F.2d 1003, (10th Cir. [4] Renfrow requested information from the Highland Police Department concerning the use of trained canine units for the planned investigation. [7] Plaintiff emphasizes the occupations of the volunteer dog handlers used in this investigation as being predominately law enforcement employees. School officials fulfilling their state empowered duties will not be held to the same standards as law enforcement officials when determining if the use of canines is necessary to detect drugs within the schools. This Court nevertheless adheres to the view that the defendant teachers are immune from these damage claims under Wood v. Strickland, supra. Bellnier v. Lund, 438 F. Supp. These areas may be searched on a school-wide or individual basis when the school determines there is cause to conduct such a search. 1043 (N.D.Tex.1974), and Lopez v. Williams,372 F. Supp. Plaintiffs seek legal, injunctive, and declaratory relief in their action, which is maintained under 42 U.S.C. The class members were then taken to their respective restrooms, the girls to the girls' room by defendants Olson and Butcher, and the boys to the boys' room by defendants Reardon, Parker, and Lund. This is an action whereby the plaintiff children, through their parents comme next friends, seek redress for an allegedly unlawful strip search claimed to have been conducted or condoned by defendants, all of whom are employed by the Auburn Enlarged City School District in one capacity or another. 1976). of Ed. M. v. Board of Education Ball-Chatham Comm. 2d 752 (1977). On March 7, 1980, a teacher at Piscataway High School in Middlesex County, N. J., discovered two girls smoking in a lavatory. The boundaries of that immunity were defined in Wood as containing both objective and subjective elements. Rule 56. Although a trained dog is certainly more discriminative than electronic detection devices, United States v. Bronstein, supra, at 462, 463, it only alerts to the odor of the substance, not the substance itself. The school buildings are adjacent to one another and the approximately 2,780 students of both schools share common facilities located in the buildings. at 206, 498 F.2d at 748; Bronstein, supra, at 460; Solis, supra, at 881; Venema, supra, at 1004, 1005. Sch. 47 (N.D.N.Y. Document Cited authorities 50 Cited in 35 Precedent Map Related Vincent 438 F. Supp. Finally, for purposes of this section, the sniffing of a trained narcotic detecting canine is not a search. Ala.1968). See also W. RINGEL, SEARCHES & SEIZURES, ARRESTS AND CONFESSIONS 18.1 (1984). Carey v. Piphus, 430 U.S. 964, 97 S. Ct. 1642, 52 L. Ed. We rely on donations for our financial security. Salem Community School Corp. v. Easterly, 150 Ind.App. 2d 711 (1977), an action brought under 42 U.S.C. In a proper case, the conduct of a properly trained dog standing alone can provide the necessary basis for probable cause. [1] When the strip searches proved futile, the students were returned to the classroom. The school officials, therefore, had outside independent evidence indicating drug abuse within the school. Term, 1st Dept. State v. Mora,307 So. 1998 -NMCA- 51, Kennedy v. Dexter Consolidated Schools, No. Little did not have any knowledge of, or direct involvement in, the search of plaintiff, Doe. Of those eleven, only three other students were subject to the unlawful nude search. See the answerSee the answerSee the answerdone loading More alarming to school officials was the fact that of those twenty-one instances, thirteen occurred within a twenty school day span just prior to the complained of activities. 340, 367 N.E.2d 949 (1977). Wood v. Strickland, supra, 420 U.S. at 321, 95 S. Ct. 992. United States v. Skipwith, 482 F.2d 1272 (5th Cir. Because of the constant interaction among students, faculty and school administrators, a public school student cannot be said to enjoy any absolute expectation of privacy while in the classroom setting. On March 23, 1979, a school wide drug inspection was conducted by the administrators of the Highland School System with the assistance of the Highland Police Department and volunteer canine units trained in marijuana detection. Adams v. Pate, 445 F.2d 105 (7th Cir. The First Circuit had held that such provided probable cause to believe that the footlocker contained a controlled substance. Presentation of any evidence of possible damages was reserved until this Court's determination on the above issues. The Supreme Court of the United States has yet to rule explicitly on whether the use of narcotic detection dogs in the context of the Fourth Amendment establishes probable cause. Therefore, the nude search of plaintiff was unlawful because it did violate her Fourth Amendment right against an unreasonable search and seizure. 3d 320, 102 Cal. Nor does the fact that the officials had no information about specific students and drug possession invalidate the use of the dogs. During an eight hour day, students must move from room to room, attending classes designated by the administration and taught by teachers hired by the school system. 729, 42 L.Ed.2d 725 (1975); also, cf. 28 U.S.C. Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more. 1986); Flores v. Meese, 681 F. Supp. 556 (1973); U. S. v. Thomas, 1 M.J. 397 (C.M.A. 1974). In the Wood case the court stated: The defendant school administrators acted in good faith and with a regard for the welfare and health of the plaintiff. Moreover, each handler, provided their dog at their own expense and was not representing any law enforcement agency while at the schools. Here, as in Johnson, the court went off on the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment. Ala.1968); M. v. Bd. An appeal by defendant Reardon to the class regarding knowledge of the missing money proved fruitless. Bellnier v. Lund, 438 F. Supp. v. South Dakota H. Sch. 2d 790 (1975); Note, School and School Officials, 78 W.Va.L.Rev. Rule 56, with plaintiffs seeking a partial summary judgment, the issue of damages to be left for trial. . Additionally, there was evidence from some students of refusal to speak out against those students using drugs for fear of reprisals. In addition, in the case of Bellnier v. Lund, the Plaintiff Leonti said he had 4 dollars when Firstly, the students see the searches of their lockers is an invasion of property given by the school itself "The biggest drawback to a school locker search is the lack of trust students may feel as a result of actions they see as an invasion of . CourtListener is a project of Free Law Project, a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit. App. 1971), with Warren v. National Ass'n of Sec. See U. S. v. Unrue, 22 U.S.C.M.A. Their presence does not change the actions of the school official from that of supervision in loco parentis to that of an unwarranted search. Multiple families have lost loved ones in result of school shootings. 665 - FLORES v. MEESE, United States District Court, C.D. It also includes some new topics such as bullying, copyright law, and the law and the internet. 739 (1974); see, e. g., Tinker v. Des Moines School District, supra (First Amendment), and In re Gault,387 U.S. 1, 87 S. Ct. 1428, 18 L. Ed. Plaintiff, Diane Doe, seeks to have the actions of the defendant school officials, the police chief of the Highland Police Department and the dog trainer to be declared violative of her constitutional rights guaranteed by the Fourth and Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. den., 424 U.S. 918, 96 S. Ct. 1121, 47 L. Ed. Potts v. Wright, supra at 219; see also Picha v. Willgos, supra at 1220. One of these is that of providing an environment free from activities harmful to the educational function and to the individual students. Subjective elements, 582 F.2d 1298 ( 4th Cir view that the officials had bellnier v lund information specific... 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