WELCH v. CITY OF BIDDEFORD POLICE DEPT.

No. 20-1474, No. 20-1481.

12 F.4th 70 (2021)

Jocelyne WELCH, as personal representative of the Estate of Alivia Welch, Plaintiff, Appellant, Susan Johnson, individually and on behalf of her minor son B.L. and on behalf of Derrick Thompson, deceased, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BIDDEFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT; Roger P. Beaupre, individually and as Chief of Biddeford Police Department; Edward Dexter, individually and as an employee of Biddeford Police Department; Jacob Wolterbeek, individually and as an employee of Biddeford Police Department; City of Biddeford; Jane Does, Defendants, Appellees, Maine Department of Public Safety; John E. Morris, individually and as Commissioner of Maine Department of Public Safety, Defendants. Susan Johnson, individually and on behalf of her minor son B.L. and on behalf of Derrick Thompson, deceased, Plaintiff, Appellant, Jocelyne Welch, as personal representative of the Estate of Alivia Welch, Plaintiff, v. City of Biddeford Police Department; Roger P. Beaupre, individually and as Chief of Biddeford Police Department; Edward Dexter, individually and as an employee of Biddeford Police Department; Jacob Wolterbeek, individually and as an employee of Biddeford Police Department; City of Biddeford; Jane Does, Defendants, Appellees, Maine Department of Public Safety; John E. Morris, individually and as Commissioner of Maine Department of Public Safety, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine C. Hanly , with whom Sarah A. Churchill and Nichols & Churchill, P.A. were on brief, for appellant Jocelyne Welch, as personal representative of the Estate of Alivia Welch.

Kristine C. Hanly , with whom Hanly Law, LLC was on brief, for appellant Susan Johnson, individually and on behalf of her minor son B.L. and on behalf of Derrick Thompson, deceased.

Joseph A. Padolsky , with whom Douglas I. Louison and Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before Lynch and Kayatta, Circuit Judges, and Laplante, District Judge.


On December 29, 2012, Alivia Welch, Susan Johnson, and Derrick Thompson called the Biddeford, Maine Police Department and reported that their landlord James Pak, who lived in a house attached to their apartment, had just made death threats to them. Police Officers Edward Dexter and Jacob Wolterbeek responded to the call. On...

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