BUCHANAN EX REL. ESTATE OF BUCHANAN v. MAINE

No. CIV.04-26-B-W.

417 F.Supp.2d 45 (2006)

Daniel BUCHANAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael BUCHANAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. State of MAINE, et al. Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

February 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Stolt, Lipman, Katz & McKee, Augusta, ME, for Daniel Buchanan Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Buchanan, Michael Buchanan, Estate of, Plaintiffs.

Christopher C. Taub, Maine Attorney, General's Office, Augusta, Cassandra S. Shaffer, Wheeler & Arey, P.A., Peter T. Marchesi, Wheeler & Arey, P.A., Waterville, ME, for Maine, State of, Lynn Duby Individually and in her official capacity as former Commissioner of the Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, Sabra Burdick Individually and in her official capacity as Acting Commissioner of the Maine Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, Julianne Edmonson, Joel Gilbert, Lincoln, County of, Todd Brackett Individually and in his official capacity as Lincoln County Sheriff, Robert Emerson, Kenneth Hatch, Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner, William Carter, Sheriff, Lincoln County, Defendants.


ORDER ON DEFENDANTS LINCOLN COUNTY, WILLIAM CARTER, TODD BRACKETT, ROBERT EERSON AND KENNETH HATCH'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WOODCOCK, District Judge.

On February 25, 2002, Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Hatch shot and killed Michael Buchanan. This law suit tests the legal implications of his death.1 Concluding that (1) Deputy Hatch's and Deputy Emerson's warrantless entry of Mr. Buchanan's home was reasonable...

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