PHOTOS! Here again are pictures of Savana Redding  who just won her strip search lawsuit. Savana Redding’s stirp search as a student was UNCONSTITUTIONAL ruled the Supreme Court in a publish decision released moments ago.

Savana Redding Picture 2
Savana Redding Photo 2

LALATE told you about Redding’s case going to the Supreme Court back on April 20. Moments ago the victory for Redding! In a decision 8 to 1 against the school district, the Court found the District’s treatment of Redding, then 13, as unconstitutional.

Justice Souter wrote:

“Because there were no reasons to suspect the drugs presented a danger or were concealed in her underwear, we hold that the search did violate the Constitution.”

Savana Redding in 2003 was a 13 year old student brought into an Arizona principal’s office and strip searched. The reason for the search allegedly was to find ibuprofen pills based upon an unsubstantiated allegation of another student. A search of her backpack led to a complete body search by a school nurse and secretary. No pills were ever found. Redding couldn’t return to school after the ordeal.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had found the school did violate her constitutional rights and that school heads were not immune from liability:

“We conclude that the school officials violated Savana’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. The strip search of Savana was neither “justified at its inception, … nor, as a grossly intrusive search of a middle school girl to locate pills with the potency of two over-the-counter Advil capsules, reasonably related in scope to the circumstances giving rise to its initiation.”

The school district had appealed that ruling  to the Supreme Court.

Souter adds today:

“In sum, what was missing. was an indication of danger to the students from the power of the drugs or their quantity, and any reason to suppose that Savana was carrying pills in her underwear. We think that combination of these deficiencies was fatal to finding the search reasonable.”

Clarence Thomas was the sole dissenting vote:

“[Finding for Redding] grants judges sweeping authority to second guess the measures that these officials take to maintain discipline in their schools and ensure the health and safety of the students in their charge.”