Kelley v. The Sherriff's Merit Commission of Kane County

Plaintiff, Michelle E Kelley, is a corrections officer in the employ of the sheriff of Kane County. Following a disciplinary hearing before the Kane County Sheriffs Merit Commission (Commission), she was suspended without pay for 120 days for insubordination because she refused to comply with a superior officer’s order that she submit to a polygraph examination. Plaintiff filed a timely complaint for administrative review in the circuit court of Kane County, naming the Commission, its members, and Kane County Sheriff Kenneth R. Ramsey as defendants. The trial court affirmed the Commission’s…