On Feb. 5, a jury awarded $60,000 to a woman who said she was unreasonably strip-searched at the county jail. In 2005, Chandra Rae Jimenez was taken into custody by Wood County sheriff’s deputies after a raid on a bar she owned with her husband. While at the jail, she was strip-searched by a jailer pursuant to an oral policy adopted by Sheriff Dwaine Daugherty. Jimenez, who said she was humiliated by the search and has since been plagued with depression and nightmares, alleged Wood County and Daugherty violated her Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure. The defense argued the search was justified because the jailer had reasonable suspicion that Jimenez had a weapon or contraband. Additional claims against other defendants, including the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, settled before trial.
Jimenez v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, No. 2:07-cv-00154-TJW-CE
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