What happened in Court?
This action was originally brought on July 15, 2002 by another set of plaintiffs, and pursuant to a settlement dated June 21, 2005 with those plaintiffs (the “2005 Settlement”), the City made payments only to persons who were strip searched at a New York City Department of Corrections (“DOC”) jail from July 15, 1999 through July 22, 2002 after having been arraigned on non-drug and non-weapon non-felony offenses. The 2005 Settlement provided that each Class Member would receive $750 if they were strip searched once and $1000 if they were strip searched more than once during that class period. Excluded from the 2005 Settlement Class were pre-trial detainees who were charged with Drug or Weapon Non-Felony Charges. In 2005, Intervenor-Plaintiffs joined the suit, claiming that: (a) DOC continued to illegally strip search non-felons, (b) the payments were too low, and (c) those charged with Drug or Weapon Non-Felony Charges should be entitled to payment.On October 4, 2007, the City admitted
