Legal Opinion
Irish v. State of ME
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 1, 2017No. 16-2173PPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Brittany and Kimberly Irish (together, “the Irishes”) brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Maine State Police officers'after Anthony Lord, a former boyfriend of Brittany Irish (“Irish”), broke into her parents’ home, fatally shot her boyfriend (Kyle Hewitt), shot and grievously wounded her mother (plaintiff Kimberly Irish), abducted her, and en gaged in a shootout with Maine State Police officers during which another individual was fatally shot.
The complaint alleges that Lord commenced this violent rampage after and because a State Police officer left…
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