ABDISAMAD v. CITY OF LEWISTON

No. 19-1852.

960 F.3d 56 (2020)

Ali ABDISAMAD, personal representative of the estate of R.I., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF LEWISTON; Lewiston School Department; Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne Paradie on brief, Lewiston, ME, for appellant.

Edward R. Benjamin, Jr. , Kasia S. Park , and Drummond Woodsum on brief, Portland, ME, for appellees City of Lewiston and Lewiston School Department.

Jason Anton , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher C. Taub , Deputy Attorney General, and Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, on brief, Augusta, ME, for appellee Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry.

Before Torruella, Lynch, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Ali Abdisamad brought federal and state civil rights claims and state wrongful death claims against the City of Lewiston, the Lewiston School Department (together "the City Defendants"), and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry ("DACF"). These claims were based on his seventh-grade son R.I.'s death...

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