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051363P.pdf   08/09/2006  Jodie Smook  v.  Minnehaha County
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-1363
   District of South Dakota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Melloy and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. In light of the state's legitimate responsibility to act in loco parentis with respect to juveniles taken into lawful state custody, partial strip search of a juvenile was reasonable within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and did not violate her constitutional rights; individual defendants were entitled qualified immunity on plaintiff's claims; because there was a direct causal link between the search of the juvenile and the municipal policy in question, the county did not violate the juvenile's rights; with respect to the unnamed class members, the facts are not yet developed, and the court would not consider the defendants' appeal with respect to liability for damages to unnamed class members; plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief should be dismissed for lack of an Article III case-or-controversy.