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Published June 25, 2008 09:48 am -

Hubbard gets authority from jail board to make decisions on Vaughn lawsuit


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TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS

Members of the Cherokee County Governmental Building Authority met to discuss a lawsuit settlement Tuesday morning.

The board gave Chairman Doug Hubbard the authority to make any necessary decisions during a settlement hearing in federal court July 3. The hearing will be centered around a lawsuit filed in October 2007 by Christie Vaughn against the Cherokee County Detention Center and city of Tahlequah.

Vaughn alleges she was subjected to illegal strip and cavity searches after being arrested by Tahlequah police in May 2007. The suit alleges TPD officers forced Vaughn to undergo a strip search, and no illegal substances were found. Officers then transported Vaughn to the detention center, where she was again stripped and subjected to a body cavity search.

The suit claims city police and CCDC staff failed to have a qualified female medical person conduct the body searches, and the agencies failed to follow “well-established and defined policies and procedures” for conducting the body cavity searches.

Vaughn, represented by local attorneys Jim Cosby and Crystal Jackson, seeks actual damages, punitive damages, court costs and attorney fees.



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