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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Moore partially grants the police officer's motion for sanctions in a civil rights action brought by an individual arising after the officer allegedly conducted an unreasonable search by performing a strip and body cavity search on her in a gas station parking lot. The officer allegedly exposed the individual's breasts, buttocks and genitals to onlookers during the search and put her fingers in the individual's vagina. The individual's attorney twice approached an Atlanta news outlet to produce a segment on the individual's claims and appeared in coverage related to the incident while the case was pending. The attorney presented the allegations in the case as fact. The attorney was aware of the widespread media and public interest in policing and solicited the interview to influence perception of the merits of the case. The attorney is fined $500.