SHIPMAN v. HAMILTON

No. 07-2098.

520 F.3d 775 (2008)

Karen Y. SHIPMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eric HAMILTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Randall Patchett (argued), Patchett Law Firm, Marion, IL, Patricia S. Murphy, Energy, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Alvin C. Paulson (argued), Brian T. Kreisler, Becker, Paulson, Hoerner & Thompson, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Karen Shipman filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Deputy Eric Hamilton of the Randolph County Sheriffs Department. In her complaint, Shipman asserted that Hamilton had violated her rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when he arrested her while she was on duty as a nurse at the Sparta Community Hospital (the "hospital") in Sparta, Illinois. Hamilton filed a motion for summary judgment. In that motion, he argued...

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