Indiana University Resident Advisors in the dormitories conducted a quarterly announced \u201chealth and safety inspection\u201d of dorm rooms, and a small quantity of marijuana was seen in plaintiff\u2019s room. The RAs were not \u201cstate actors.\u201d A campus police officer came when called, and his warrantless entry was lawful. While students have some reasonable expectation of privacy in the dorm rooms, it isn\u2019t absolute. (\u201cSee Serpas v. Schmidt, 827 F.2d 23, 28 (7th Cir. 1987), abrogated in part on other grounds by Leroy v. Ill. Racing Bd., 39 F.3d 711, 714 (7th Cir. 1994) (holding that on-track dormitory rooms for racetrack employees must be considered \u2018homes\u2019 under the Fourth Amendment); Morale v. Grigel, 422 F. Supp. 988, 997 (D.N.H. 1976) (\u2018A dormitory room is a student’s home away from home, and any student may reasonably expect that once the door is closed to the outside, his or her solitude and secrecy will not be disturbed by a governmental intrusion …\u2019)\u201d) The marijuana could be used against him in a student disciplinary proceeding. Medlock v. Trs. of Ind. Univ., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44408 (S.D. Ind. March 28, 2013).<\/p>\n
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