IRISH v. MAINE

No. 16-2173.

849 F.3d 521 (2017)

Brittany IRISH, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kyle Hewitt, and Kimberly Irish, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. State of MAINE; State Police of the State of Maine; and John and/or Jane Does, State Police Officers 1-10, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Van Dyke , with whom Lynch & Van Dyke, P.A., Lewiston, ME, was on brief, for appellants.

Christopher C. Taub , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Janet T. Mills , Attorney General, was on brief, for appellees.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs Brittany and Kimberly Irish (together, "the Irishes") brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Maine State Police officers after Anthony Lord, a former boyfriend of Brittany Irish ("Irish"), broke into her parents' home, fatally shot her boyfriend (Kyle Hewitt), shot and grievously wounded her mother (plaintiff...

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