LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Lt. John SIMONEAU v. Bernard E. GANNON
Citation: 641 A.2d 1323
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1994-04-06
Docket Number: No. 94-196-M.P
Pages: 1323–1323
Volume: 641
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series

Parties: Lt. John SIMONEAU v. Bernard E. GANNON.

Lt. John SIMONEAU v. Bernard E. GANNON.
No. 94-196-M.P.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
April 6, 1994.
Joseph Penza, Jr.
Richard Riendeau.

ORDER
This matter came before the court on a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the City of Providence and its police chief to review a Superior Court preliminary injunction which inter alia prohibited petitioners from requiring plaintiff John Simoneau to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. After carefully reviewing the memoranda submitted by the parties in respect to the issue of the chiefs authority to order such an evaluation, we conclude that the hearing justice erred in granting injunctive relief in this case. The police chief may require Simoneau to submit to the psychological evaluation.
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted, and the order granting injunctive relief in this case is quashed.