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Updated: 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 | Posted: 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007
TACOMA, Wash. —
Abra Plemmons, who was jailed there for five hours in March 2002 while awaiting bail on forgery charges, was the subject of an automatic strip search.
VIDEO: Strip-Search Policy Leads To Lawsuit
It turned out she was the innocent victim of an identity theft.
The county changed the policy a year and a half later, before an appellate court found the strip search policy to be illegal.
Plemmons sued, and two separate courts have found in her favor.
Because what happened was the result of a policy, the court is trying to determine how much she is due and who else is entitled to damages.
A mediation session is scheduled for October. If that fails to produce a settlement, the case could go to trial next year.
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