Judge: Pat-Down Searches Are Not a State Action

A federal judge from the Western District of Washington has granted summary judgment to the owners of the Seattle Seahawks and other defendants in a case where several Seahawks season ticket-holders claimed that pat-down searches violated the Constitution as an illegal search and seizure.   The court concluded specifically that the searches, which were a condition for entry into the stadium, did not meet the threshold of state action.   Plaintiff Fred Stark and the co-plaintiffs’ chi