O'CONNELL v. HUGHES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE KATHLEEN O’CONNELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 2:24-cv-00376-SDN ) LIAM HUGHES, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS Plaintiff Kathleen O’Connell brings this suit against the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Animal Welfare Program (“AWP”), four AWP employees, as well as Lillian Bagley and Heidi Jordan as alleged affiliates of the AWP. The essence of O’Connell’s complaint is that the AWP violated O’Connell’s constitutional rights when it seized animals from her residence. All Defendants have…