Settlement Structure: Claims Made
Active: Closed
Closed Settlement Statement:
According to court documents, the claim submission deadline has passed. Please contact the claims administrator if you have any questions.
Case Summary:This class action alleged that the Sheriff of Cook County and the Cook County jail violated the US Constitution by conducting blanket strip searches or visual body cavity searches during initial admission of around 300,000 pre-trial detainees. The searches took place between January 20, 2004 and March 30, 2009. The detainees had been charged with misdemeanors or lesser offenses that did not involve weapons or drugs, the complaint said, so that the searches were not reasonable and violated the Fourth Amendment.
The case was settled, but it was decided that class members were entitled to additional payment from the defendants’ insurers. That required a second case, which has now been resolved. The additional round of payments is now being distributed to class members who were eligible, and who filed claims, in the original case.
Docket Number:06-CV-552 (N.D. Ill.)
Company: Cook County Jail
Class Period: January 20, 2004 to March 30, 2009
Objection Deadline: August 14, 2017
Final Approval Hearing: September 12, 2017
Proof of Purchase:No; must have filed a claim in the original distribution
Eligibility:You may be eligible if you were a member of one of the classes in the original Cook County jail strip search case and if you filed a valid claim at that time. If you did not file a claim during the first round of distributions, you are not eligible for this second round of distributions.
Typical Settlement Amount:Unknown
Total Settlement Amount: $32,500,000
Class Representative Proposed Incentive Fee:$10,000
Law Firm:
Loevy and Loevy
Case Name: Young v. County of Cook
Settlement Website: Cook County Jail Strip Search Settlement
Claims Administrator:
Rust Consulting
Young v Cook County II – 5614
Rust Consulting
PO Box 2599
Faribault, MN 55021-9599
Tags: Civil Rights, Unreasonable Search