ESTATE OF ALLEN v. CITY OF ROCKFORD

No. 02-1873.

349 F.3d 1015 (2003)

ESTATE OF Darlene ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ROCKFORD, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Illinois, Cheryl Taylor and Bruce Scott, individually and in their official capacities as police officers for the City of Rockford, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Taylor (argued), Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kerry F. Partridge (argued), City of Rockford, Law Department, Rockford, IL, for City of Rockford, Cheryl Taylor, and Bruce Scott.

Eugene G. Doherty (argued), Holmstrom & Kennedy, Rockford, IL, for Rockford Health Systems, Inc. and Arthur Proust.

Before RIPPLE, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

After she was placed under arrest for driving under the influence of drugs, Darlene Allen was driven to Rockford Memorial Hospital by a police officer for the purpose of obtaining a urine sample. Allen refused to provide a urine sample and to consent to a drug screening test requested by the emergency room doctor. After deeming Allen not competent, the doctor, without the assistance of the arresting...

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