Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Law and American Education : A Case Brief Approach by Karen Palestini Falk and Robert Palestini (2012, Hardcover, Revised edition) at the best online prices at eBay! Professors, teachers and school administrators are increasingly faced with concerns not even thought of in previous decades. Those members of the proposed class are not so numerous so as to make joinder of them as parties impracticable. [3] Also present at this meeting was Patricia Little, a trainer of drug detecting canines. [1] Also, during this four week period, school administrators received daily reports from faculty, students and parents concerning the use of drugs within the Junior and Senior High Schools. It is equally apparent that in the fulfillment of their statutorily imposed duties these school officials could and should use their human senses to detect conditions that were violative of the good order of the school. 1968), cert. Brooks v. Flagg Brothers, Inc., supra. 47 Bellnier v. Lund 48 Vernonia Sch. 1973); U. S. v. Lewis, 392 F.2d 377 (2d Cir. The school community of Highland has, among several elementary schools, a Junior and Senior High School. 516 (N.D. Ill.1977). 1975). The objective was to rid the Junior and Senior High Schools of illicit drugs and discourage further drug use on the campuses. Bringing these nonschool personnel into the classroom to aid the school administrators in their observation for drug abuse is, of itself, not a search. 2d 188 (1966). Each of the students entered the classroom and placed his outer garment in a coatroom located wholly within, and accessible only from, the classroom. On March 28, 1984, the Court heard argument on the appropriateness of the exclusionary rule as a This Court will not charge school officials with "predicting the future course of constitutional law." Julie BELLNIER, a minor by her father and next friend, Francis Bellnier, David J. Leonti, a minor by his father and next friend, Victor A. Leonti, Sr., Plaintiffs, This is an action whereby the plaintiff children, through their parents, Plaintiffs seek legal, injunctive, and declaratory relief in their action, which is maintained under, Jurisdiction is alleged to exist by virtue of. While a school student does not shed at the schoolhouse door rights guaranteed by either the Fourth Amendment or any other constitutional provision (Tinker v. Des Moines School District, supra), the student's Fourth Amendment and other constitutional rights are modified by that limited in loco parentis relationship which the school officials have with the students. 1977). Sch. Bd., supra; Bellnier v. Lund,438 F. Supp. See, M. v. See Johnson v. U. S.,333 U.S. 10, 68 S. Ct. 367, 92 L. Ed. Each of the students entered the classroom and placed his outer garment in a coatroom located wholly within, and accessible only from, the classroom. *1024 In conducting the pocket search, as well as the other searches in question, the school officials clearly were not concerned with the discovery of evidence to be used in criminal prosecutions, but rather were concerned solely with the elimination of drug trafficking within the schools. [8] Buss, The Fourth Amendment and Searches of Students in Public Schools, 59 Iowa L.Rev. 1012 - DOE v. RENFROW, United States District Court, N. D. Indiana, Hammond Division. The entire search lasted approximately two hours, with the strip searches taking about fifteen minutes. The operation was carried out in an unintrusive manner in each classroom. Section 1983 requires a showing of action "under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or Territory" to support a cause of action. No. Exigent circumstances can excuse the warrant requirement. Times allocated for each class period are determined by the school officials, not the students. This Court finds for the reasons stated below that entry by the school officials into each classroom for five minutes was not a search contemplated by the Fourth Amendment but, rather, was a justified action taken in accordance with the in loco parentis doctrine. Ala.1968). 739 (1974); Donoghoe, Emerging First and Fourth Amendment Rights of the Student, 1 J.L. Sometime that morning, and prior to the commencement of class, plaintiff Leonti complained to defendant Olson that he was missing $3.00 from his coat pocket. Use of the dogs to detect where those drugs were located was not unreasonable under the circumstances. Weighing the minimal intrusion against the school's need to rid itself of the drug problem, the actions of the school officials leading up to an alert by one of the dogs was reasonable and not a search for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. LEGION, United States District Court, E. D. Being aware of prior complaints from class members of missing money, lunches, and other items, and knowing that no one had left the class-room that morning, defendant Reardon commenced a search of the class, with the aid of fellow teachers and school officials, all of whom are named as defendants herein. 2d 492 (1961), citing United States v. Classic,313 U.S. 299, 61 S. Ct. 1031, 85 L. Ed. Subscribers are able to see a visualisation of a case and its relationships to other cases. 1977) (applying standard of "reasonable grounds" based on "articulable facts"); Moore v. Student Affairs Comm. Therefore, this Court finds no seizure of the plaintiff or other students within the Senior and Junior High School prior to any alert by the trained dogs. Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 393 U.S. 503, 89 S.Ct. 973 (1976); Comments, United States v. Solis: Have The Government's Supersniffers Come Down With A Case Of Constitutional Nasal Congestion?, 13 San Diego L.Rev. Plaintiff Doe was one of those students to which a dog continued to alert after she emptied her pockets. Renfrow was not present. Renfrow decided to use the trained dogs in a drug investigation and he arranged a second meeting for March 14, 1979. Section 1983 requires a showing of action "under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or Territory" to support a cause of action. United States v. Chapman , 927 F.2d 601 ( 1991 ) Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Thursday, February 21, 1991 | Cited 0 times; United States v. Torres ( 2009 ) Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Tuesday, October 6, 2009 | Cited 1 times; Norris v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. ( 2001 ) Subscribers can access the reported version of this case. 14 See, e.g., Bellnier v. Lund (N.D.N.Y.1977). This Court now denies plaintiff's request for certification of a class pursuant to 23(a) and (b) (2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Students are exposed to various intrusions into their classroom environment. 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. Both parties have moved for a summary judgment, pursuant to F.R.C.P. Moreover, the law in the area of student searches in public schools is obviously unsettled as suggested by the diversity of the theories and results in the cases cited here. There were no facts, however, which allowed the officials to particularize with respect to which students might possess the money, something which has time and again, with exceptions not relevant to this case, been found to be necessary to a reasonable search under the Fourth Amendment. She contacted the various dog handlers in regard to their availability for the inspection informing them of the time and place. Students were instructed to sit quietly in their seats with their hands and any purses to be placed upon their desk tops while the dog handler introduced the dog and led it up and down the desk aisles. In Lopez, suspension of students by a principal was found to constitute state action where the procedures used and challenged on Due Process grounds were expressly provided for in the Ohio Constitution, and state statutes and corresponding regulations. 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. . She was then asked to remove her clothing. 102 (1972); Doe v. State, 88 N.M. 347, 540 P.2d 827 (1975); People v. Scott D., 34 N.Y.2d 483, The superior court's concern with the teacher's duty and the doctrine of in . . 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. [9] This *1019 latter area also has implications in the public school context. A light relaxed atmosphere was created. v. South Dakota H. Sch. Subscribers are able to see any amendments made to the case. See U. S. v. Thomas, 1 M.J. at 401 (C.M.A.1976). The school officials insisted, and the police agreed, that no criminal investigations would occur as a result of any evidence recovered during the school investigation. 791 (S.D.N.Y.1974), aff'd, 506 F.2d 1395 (2d Cir. Rule 56. M. v. Bd. 47 (N.D.N.Y. United States v. Skipwith, 482 F.2d 1272 (5th Cir. United States v. Solis, 536 F.2d 880 (9th Cir. . 901 (7th Cir. No. The present case clearly falls within the second enumerated category, for which the Young Court suggests that the proper remedy is a civil rights or tort action, rather than exclusion of evidence so obtained from introduction at a criminal trial. The dog's conduct constituted evidence that caused the court to observe that "Even on the record the issuance of a warrant by a judicial officer was reasonably predictable. The question of dog searches has again been certified by the Court of Military Appeals and remains pending there. In Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 578 (1979) (Marshall, J., dis- senting), Justice Marshall used the phrase to describe routine strip searches of prisoners after contact visits. ", 97 S. Ct. 2486. Little was contacted by the police department requesting her to attend the March 14, 1979 meeting. that reconciling the privacy interests of children with the needs of schools to maintain order does not require strict adherence to a probable cause standard for Fourth Amendment purposes. Donate Now Interest of LLv. Bellnier v. Lund Roberts Question:The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that held a school board member liable for damages for violating the constitutional rights of Lee v. Wood v. Strickland Bellnier v. Lund Roberts This problem has been solved! 259 (1975). She was not armed. Dist. This Court finds the reasoning utilized in Moore v. Student Affairs Committee of Troy State University, supra, and State v. Young, supra, that of applying the Fourth Amendment but with a lesser standard than probable cause with respect to student searches, to be the more persuasive. [7] Plaintiff emphasizes the occupations of the volunteer dog handlers used in this investigation as being predominately law enforcement employees. The response prompted the assistant vice principal The schools' administrators delegated by the state with the duty and responsibility to maintain order, discipline, safety and education within the school system supervised the investigation which was designed with the single purpose of eliminating drug use inside the school buildings. 2d 509, 75 Cal. at 999-1001; see also Picha v. Wielgos, supra. Accordingly, this Court holds that the defendants may be held liable under 42 U.S.C. Both these campuses are located on the same site. It is this Court's finding that no such Fourth Amendment probable cause can be found in this record as to the body search of the only individual plaintiff remaining in this case. 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. No fault is found with requiring students to remain in their seats without notice and with their hands on their desks for short periods of time. There can be no doubt that, as the plaintiffs state, the notion that an infant student sheds all of his constitutional rights when he enters the school house door is steadily being dispelled by the courts. Moreover, granting plaintiff's prayer for injunctive relief as to the other aspects of the inspection complained of would be inconsistent with this Court's findings. 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. A city's interest in enforcing a housing code modifies the probable cause requirement. Meese, 681 F.Supp. Defendant Knox, who in December of 1974, was the Superintendent of Schools of the Auburn Enlarged City School District, has moved for a summary judgment in his favor. Bellnier v. Lund, 438 F.Supp. And searches to prevent skyjacking are subject to a modified probable cause requirement and are excepted from the warrant requirement. In the "rare instance" where it is proper to seek guidance from outside this circuit, the . [6] Although it was not properly defined at trial, a body search was something less than the nude search that plaintiff complains she was subject to. Wood v. Strickland,420 U.S. 308, 95 S. Ct. 992, 43 L. Ed. Resolution of this question, however, is not necessary for purposes of this motion. 1331, 1343(3) and 1343(4). 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.3 Compare Palacios v. Foltz, 441 F.2d 1196 (10th Cir. The boundaries of that immunity were defined in Wood as containing both objective and subjective elements. 2d 1081 (1961) (opinions of Justices Clark, Black and Harlan). Perez v. Sugarman, 499 F.2d 761 (2d Cir. Here, as in Johnson, the court went off on the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment. 5,429 F. Supp. A search of those items failed to reveal the missing money. 1043 (N.D.Tex.1974), and Lopez v. Williams, 372 F.Supp. 75-CV-237. at 1221), it is the general rule that the Fourth Amendment allows a warrantless intrusion into the student's sphere of privacy, if and only if the school has reasonable cause to believe that the student has violated or is violating school policies. 1971), with Warren v. National Ass'n of Sec. But the alert of the dog constituted reasonable cause to believe that the plaintiff was concealing narcotics. Rptr. The students were there ordered to strip down to their undergarments, and their clothes were searched. The officers were merely aiding in the inspection, at the request of the school administrators. The use of the dog in this operation was an aid to the school administrator and as such its use is not considered a search. 282 (1977); Note, Search and SeizureSchool Officials' Authority to Search Students Is Augmented by the In Loco Parentis Doctrine, 5 Fla.St.U.L.Rev. Although they were obviously clothed with their state authority, they had previously agreed that no arrests would be made as a result of any drugs found that morning. 1940). 108, 296 A.2d 102 (1972); see also Shaw, Admissibility, in Criminal Cases, of Evidence Obtained by Search Conducted by School Official or Teacher, 49 A.L.R.3d 978; 4) the Fourth Amendment applies in full, requiring a finding of probable cause in order for a search to be reasonable. Northwestern Sch. [11] It is also the responsibility of the school administrator to insure the proper functioning of the educational process. Before such a search can be performed, the school administrators must articulate some facts that provide a reasonable cause to believe the student possesses the contraband sought. So it was with this plan. Mackenzie, Smith, Lewis, Michell & Hughes, Syracuse, N. Y., Kevin M. Reilly, Syracuse, N. Y., of counsel, for defendants. GALFORD v. MARK ANTHONY B on CaseMine. Picha v. Wielgos, supra. The entire search lasted approximately two hours, with the strip searches taking about fifteen minutes. [4] Renfrow requested information from the Highland Police Department concerning the use of trained canine units for the planned investigation. As *1022 the Supreme Court of the United States stated in Katz v. United States,389 U.S. 347, 88 S. Ct. 507, 19 L. Ed. 1368 (1941); see also Brooks v. Flagg Brothers, Inc., 553 F.2d 764 (2d Cir. [12] See Bronstein, supra, at 464 (Mansfield, J. concurring). den., 424 U.S. 918, 96 S. Ct. 1121, 47 L. Ed. 2d 324 (1976), that the sniffing of a canine at a baggage terminal did not constitute a search. To combat what was perceived as an increasingly alarming drug problem within the school system, members of the Highland Town School District Board suggested the use of properly trained dogs to search for drugs within the school building. Moore v. Student Affairs Committee of Troy State University, supra; M. v. Board of Education Ball-Chatham Comm. This Court has previously stated that the search at bar violated the plaintiffs' constitutional rights. In a proper case, the conduct of a properly trained dog standing alone can provide the necessary basis for probable cause. v. NATIONAL SCREEN SERV. 288 (S.D.Ill.1977); Bellnier v. Lund,438 F. Supp. 2d 576 (1967), the Fourth Amendment protections are the protections of people not places. Therefore, this Court finds that the defendant school officials are immune from liability arising out of the search and are entitled to summary judgment on the issue of monetary damages. Rule 56, with plaintiffs seeking a partial summary judgment, the issue of damages to be left for trial. Moreover, each handler, provided their dog at their own expense and was not representing any law enforcement agency while at the schools. There is a heavy if not total carryover of the ideas expressed to administration of the public schools. At this meeting, the school administrators informed the police officers that they intended to conduct an investigation within the school buildings using canine units to detect and remove any narcotics or narcotic paraphernalia. 47 (N.D.N.Y. 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. Both were escorted to the principal's office where the student denied smok-275. Thus, in State v. Young, supra, a well reasoned opinion, the Georgia Supreme Court found three categories of searches, for purposes of the Fourth Amendment: 1) wholly private searches, with no Fourth Amendment applicability; 2) state action, but no involvement of law enforcement agents, so that the Fourth Amendment applies, but not the Exclusionary Rule; and 3) search by law enforcement agents, to which both the Fourth Amendment and the Exclusionary Rule apply in toto. 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