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CA11: While prison visitor strip search violated 4A, SCOTUS and this circuit have never ruled, so QI applies [and QI reigns supreme]

A prison visitor was fully strip searched on entry into a Georgia state prison. This search violated the Fourth Amendment. But, because this circuit and SCOTUS have never confronted this issue, the law is not “clearly established” and she loses … Continue reading

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