Timothy Hammer v. Charles Gross Armando Zatarain Newport Beach City, Timothy Hammer v. Charles Gross Armando Zatarain, Newport Beach City Linda Delapena

884 F.2d 1200 58 USLW 2168 Timothy HAMMER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles GROSS; Armando Zatarain; Newport Beach City, Defendants-Appellants, Timothy HAMMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles GROSS; Armando Zatarain, Newport Beach City; Linda Delapena, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 87-6682, 88-5638. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 8, 1988. Decided Sept. 6, 1989. Thomas J. Feeley, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Stephen Yagman, Yagman & Yagman, P.C., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Jeffrey Wertheimer, Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, Cal., for amicus curiae, City of Yorba Linda. Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal., San Diego, Cal., for amicus curiae, State of Cal. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HALL, WIGGINS and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 Appeal No. 87-6682 presents the difficult constitutional question of how much, if any, physical force police officers may use to compel a drunk driving suspect to submit to chemical testing in order to obtain…