CARTER v. MAINE STATE POLICE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE DJVAN A. CARTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 1:24-cv-00187-SDN ) MAINE STATE POLICE, and ) BLAINE SILK, ) ) Defendants. ORDER Plaintiff Djvan A. Carter sued the Maine State Police (“MSP”) and Blaine Silk, an officer of the MSP, for violating Mr. Carter’s constitutional rights and using unnecessary deadly force when Mr. Silk shot Mr. Carter during an arrest. A state grand jury indicted Mr. Carter for his conduct during that incident. Mr. Carter seeks a judicial declaration that Mr. Silk used unnecessary force during the arrest, injunctive relief…