JOHNSON v. CITY OF BIDDEFORD

No. 23-1399.

92 F.4th 367 (2024)

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

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 13, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine C. Hanley , with whom Garmey Law was on brief, for appellants.

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

Before Montecalvo, Lynch, and Rikelman, Circuit Judges.


The district court, on remand from this court's reinstating the case and vacating the judgment earlier entered for the defendants, entered summary judgment on different grounds for defendant police officers and City of Biddeford, Maine. See Johnson v. City of Biddeford, 665 F.Supp...

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