Shirley Allen
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"Shirley Allen", of Roby, Illinois, is a former nurse whose family's 1997 attempt to have her involuntary commitment/involuntarily committed led to a 39-day standoff with Illinois State Police and other law-enforcement agencies.

Her husband died in 1989.

On September 22, 1997, officers of the Christian County, Illinois sheriff's department attempted to serve commitment papers that had been obtained by a court order after a petition by some of her relatives. Though the relatives have said they were concerned about her mental state, some have alleged that the motive was to gain control of her land; there were two oil wells on her 47 acre (190,000 m²) farm.

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