BLOMSTROM v. TRIPP

No. 91642-0.

402 P.3d 831 (2017)

Cortney L. BLOMSTROM, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Gregory J. TRIPP, in his official capacity as a Spokane County District Court Judge, and the Spokane County District Court, Respondents. Brooke M. Button, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Gregory J. Tripp, in his official capacity as a Spokane County District Court Judge, and the Spokane County District Court, Respondents. Christopher V. Cooper, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Gregory J. Tripp, in his official capacity as a Spokane County District Court Judge, and the Spokane County District Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed October 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Louis Vander Giessen , Spokane County Public Defender's Office, 1033 W. Gardner Ave., Spokane, WA, 99201-2016, for Petitioner.

Brian Clayton O'Brien , Spokane Co. Pros. Atty., 1100 W. Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260-2043, Gretchen Eileen Verhoef , Samuel Joseph Comi , Spokane County Prosecutor's Office, 1100 W. Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260-0270, for Respondents.

Ryan Boyd Robertson , Robertson Law PLLC, 1000 2nd Ave., Ste. 3670, Seattle, WA, 98104, George L. Bianchi , The Bianchi Law Firm, 2000 112th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA, 98004-2913, Jonathan David Rands , Attorney at Law, 1200 Old Fairhaven Pkwy., Ste. 303, Bellingham, WA, 98225-7446, Howard Stanton Stein , Stein Lotzkar & Starr PS, 2840 Northup Way, Ste. 140, Bellevue, WA, 98004-1433, Jason Scott Lantz , Sullivan Law Group, 3209 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA, 98201-4316, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice (WFCJ).

Pamela Beth Loginsky , Washington Assoc. of Prosecuting Atty., 206 10th Ave. S.E., Olympia, WA, 98501-1311, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

April Suzanne Benson , Leah E. Harris , Washington Attorney General's Office, 800 Fifth Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of State of Washington.

James Elliot Lobsenz , Carney Badley Spellman , 701 5th Ave., Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, Theresa Hsin-Yi Wang , Lance Alan Pelletier , Stokes Lawrence PS, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-2393, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU.


¶ 1 This case involves three driving under the influence (DUI) defendants challenging their pretrial urinalysis testing conditions. Each defendant was arrested for DUI, and each was ordered to participate in random urinalysis testing as a condition of pretrial release. The defendants challenged their testing conditions by petitioning...

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