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S.P. v. CITY OF TAKOMA PARK, MD.

No. 97-1218.

134 F.3d 260 (1998)

S.P., a Citizen of Takoma Park, Maryland, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND; Robert Phillips, in his official capacity as Chief of the Takoma Park Police Department; Brian Rich, individually and in his capacity as an officer of the Takoma Park Police Department; Unknown and Unidentified Police Officers of the Takoma Police Department who were present at and involved in the incidents complained of herein, individually and in their capacity as officers of the Takoma Park Police Department; Washington Adventist Hospital; Cyril Hardy; James Buxbaum; Paul O'Brien; Carla Cunningham; Marlene Wesley, Defendants-Appellees. American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Inc., Amicus Curiae, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P., Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark McLaughlin Hager, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC, for Appellant. Daniel Karp, Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, Baltimore, MD; Alan Douglas Titus, Carr, Goodson, Lee & Warner, P.C., Washington, DC; Andrew Edward Vernick, Wharton, Levin, Ehrmantraut, Klein & Nash, Annapolis, MD, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Michelle L. Bower, Allen, Johnson, Alexander & Karp, Baltimore, MD, for Appellees. Dwight H. Sullivan, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; David B. Isbell, Mark H. Lynch, Nancy Dickinson, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Senior Judge BUTZNER joined.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we address the Fourth Amendment concerns attendant to the involuntary seizure and transportation of an individual by police officers to a private medical facility for an emergency psychiatric evaluation. Susan Peller, claiming that her civil rights were violated when she was involuntarily...

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