My question involves education law in the State of: Unwarranted Search In A Public School
On 5/3/2014 I was pulled out of class on suspicion that I was involved in obtaining illegal substances for a party after school. The dean assured me that I was not in any trouble yet, but insisted that he look through my phone. This included looking through my search history, applications, messages, pictures, and contacts. They concluded that there was nothing incriminating on my phone, but then proceeded to search through my book bag. I understand they have a right to do so, and they were rightful to do so, because they found my smoking pipe. I did not use the pipe to smoke any illegal drug, including tobacco (since I'm a minor). A police officer tested the pipe multiple times and it came up clean every single time. Another student who was supposedly going to the same party had texts on his phone asking a drug dealer if he would come to the party. The student had no relation to me, yet the deans also held me accountable for this. In the end I did not receive any fines or felonies, but I feel as though I should be able to take civil action against the school. There was a lot of personal information on my phone that was not necessary to the subject and I feel as though they questioned me to a farther extent then needed. Not only this, but once they discovered that I had Chinese applications still on my Safari homepage (they're on there by default) they insisted that it was evidence that I was involved in some Chinese drug trafficking. I have never been in any trouble for illegal substance use and I feel like they're biasing these accusations off something irrelevant (they've questioned me before on suspected illegal substances on school property). I was indeed suspended for 5 days because of paraphernalia on school property.
Should I take civil action?

