CHAPMAN v. KELTNER

No. 00-2959.

241 F.3d 842 (2001)

Vickie R. CHAPMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard KELTNER, Yoshida Williams and DuPage County, an Illinois municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 21, 2001.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Wimmer (argued), Downers Grove, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas J. Stanfa (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of DuPage County, Wheaton, IL, defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 11, 2001.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

On October 8, 1997, DuPage County Deputy Sheriffs Howard Keltner and Yoshida Williams arrested Vickie Chapman, who was dressed in a fuchsia bathrobe and slippers, pursuant to a warrant upon her discharge from Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. Chapman had been hospitalized for about five days, recovering from bowel resection surgery, which entailed making a nine-inch...

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