Majorie Depalis-Lachaud v. Kenneth E. Noel

Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Noel arrested Marjorie Depalis-Lachaud, a nurse, when she did not follow his order to take a blood sample from a hospitalized man suspected of causing a car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol. Depalis-Lachaud sued Noel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating her rights under the Fourth Amendment. The district court denied Noel’s motion for summary judgment based upon the defense of qualified immunity and granted Depalis-Laehaud’s motion for summary judgment on her Fourth Amendment claims. Noel appeals these rulings. We affirm the denial of summary…