Safford Unified School District v. Redding, a case involving the
strip search of Savana Redding, a 13-year-old student of Safford Middle School, reached the
U.S. Supreme Court in 2009. She was suspected of distributing prescription-strength Ibuprofen pills due to the accusation of another student found with pills, although no pills were found. The Supreme Court found that the search violated the
Fourth Amendment, but
qualified immunity foreclosed the suit against the individual
defendants; the Court remanded the decision as to Safford's liability to the lower courts. ==References==