Martin v. Brady

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars the plaintiff, Anthony R. Martin, from pursuing state constitutional claims of misconduct by the defendant police officers, who searched his property and person and then seized him personally. Although sovereign immunity may be bypassed by filing, with the claims commissioner, a claim for permission to bring suit,1 the plaintiff has not pursued that alternative. The trial court held that, because of sovereign immunity and the plaintiffs failure to exhaust his administrative remedies, it lacked…