BLACKHOUSE v. DOE

Docket: Ken-10-349

24 A.3d 72 (2011)

2011 ME 86

Eli A. BLACKHOUSE v. Jane DOE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Laine Astbury , Student Atty., E. James Burke , Supervising Atty., Portland, ME, for Eli A. Blackhouse.

Jane Doe did not file a brief.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, J.


GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Eli A. Blackhouse appeals from a judgment of the District Court (Augusta, Soucy, J.) dismissing his complaint for protection from abuse, 19-A M.R.S. § 4003 (2010), for his failure to appear at the final hearing. On appeal, Blackhouse contends that the court erred by dismissing his complaint without first considering his request for reasonable accommodation of his claimed disability. We agree and vacate the dismissal, remanding to...

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