Jodi is serving a 5-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. She is incarcerated in the only institution for females in the state. Jodi feels as though her constitutional rights have been trampled on several times, especially when they search her cell. Jodi feels that the correctional officers do not treat the inmates properly, and she has had enough. She plans to attempt to file a lawsuit.
Jodi feels that her Fourth Amendment rights have been violated due to the searches of her cell. According to ____, Jodi does not have a case.

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Jodi is serving a 5-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.  She is incarcerated in the only institution for females in the state.  Jodi feels as though her constitutional rights have been trampled on several times, especially when they search her cell.  Jodi feels that the correctional officers do not treat the inmates properly, and she has had enough.  She plans to attempt to file a lawsuit.
Jodi feels that her Fourth Amendment rights have been violated due to the searches of her cell.  According to ____, Jodi does not have a case.

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The Supreme Court case Hudson v. Palmer (1984) established that prisoners do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cells, and therefore, the Fourth Amendment does not protect against searches of prison cells.

Jodi Is Serving a 5-Year Sentence for Assault with a Deadly