Thompson v Clark - 2022 Supreme Court of U.S. - malicious prosecution case

On April 4, 2022 the United States Supreme Court made a decision that gives me confidence that I could prevail in a case of malicious prosecution. 

Immediately following a decision, the Supreme Court puts out a slip opinion before final publication of the case. Here is the slip opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case where I found this: 

EMTs took the baby to the hospital where medical professionals examined her and found no signs of abuse. Meanwhile, Thompson was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest. He was detained for two days before being released. The charges against Thompson were dismissed before trial without any explanation by the prosecutor or judge. 

At the website for the The Council of State Governments regarding Thompson v Clark, I found more information about the case. Thompson was arrested in 2014 after being accused of sexually assaulting his newborn baby in New York; after examination of the baby it should have been obvious that he was not guilty. 

He resisted arrest; as with my case, in Aroostook County which was dismissed, and the pending case in Lincoln County which I go to trial for on Feb 24-26, it wasn't the original charges that landed him in jail, but his actions in what should be a right to resist arrest in relation to the bogus charges.

It wasn't until 7 years later in 2021 that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) got the case after the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim was affirmed by the Second Circuit court. 

Before trial the prosecutor moved to dismiss the charges and the trial judge agreed to do so without explaining why. Thompson then sued the officers who arrested him for malicious prosecution under the Fourth Amendment. Per Second Circuit precedent a malicious prosecution case can only be brought if the prosecution ends not merely without a conviction but with some affirmative indication of innocence.

After my arrest on July 10, 2024 without a warrant or probable cause, I was  incarcerated for four nights after failing to pick a jury. Judge Linthicum had denied me an attorney, in violation of my 6th amendment right to counsel and my 7th amendment right to due process. 

You can go to my July 11, 2025 post to view the dismissal of the case by District Attorney Todd Collins, and the reason. 

Maine Legislature: discussion on Counterman v Colorado U.S Supreme Court (2023)

I found public testimony regarding LD 648, being heard by the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. It allows for parole for a specific population: young adults. You can view the video recording of the hearing for An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program. Maine abolished parole in 1976. Studies have shown that until about the age of 26 certain parts of the brain that control impulses aren't fully developed. Many people, including victims of domestic violence, testified in support of LD 648, and only a few argued against it.

After most people had left, the Committee discussed other bills that are more difficult to understand. A woman lawyer who represented the state of Maine in a man's appeal of a conviction for stalking and violation of protection order spoke about the appeal of State v. Jacob Labbe. A 2023 United States Supreme Court case was mentioned. I looked it up, as it could help me. It's regarding true threats, intent (mens rea), and free speech. From page 2 of 57 in Counterman v Colorado, :

First Amendment may still demand a subjective mental-state requirement shielding some true threats from liability. That is because bans on speech have the potential to chill, or deter, speech outside their boundaries. An important tool to prevent that outcome is to condition liability on the State’s showing of a culpable mental state.

Lewiston's Public Safety Committee - Second Chance

I'm interested in knowing more about the Public Safety Committee that's being formed...specifically, how do you get chosen to be on the Committee? I tried to find out 2.5 years ago when the ad hoc Committee was formed, but each time I called city hall I could not get an answer to that, or to when and where the meetings were being held. 

Here's the agenda for the Tuesday 2-03-26 city council meeting. There will be discussion regarding formation of the new and improved Public Safety Committee...item 14. Council meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Tuesday evening at city hall @ 7 pm. An Economic Development Committee is also being formed. 

Regarding who will be on the Public Safety Committee, the mayor would just love to keep most of the former members on who want to stay on. Many of them work for the police department, or in the justice system. Some, like the mayor, are employees of Lewiston city government; one was a council member. Very few were ordinary residents of Lewiston. 

The entire council agreed during one meeting which I attended, that the former Committee accomplished virtually nothing; the mayor, however, disagreed. How much could have been accomplished by a committee which met only twice in 2.5 years? 

The ad hoc Committee was formed just prior to the mass shooting in October of 2023; and one reason was that the librarian was attacked by a homeless person. The fact that it was set up as ad hoc meant that there wasn't any reports required to be made to the council. I'm glad that's changing, but public participation will still be needed in order to bring about changes. If I attend on Tuesday, I'll make my public comment, and then leave and watch the rest of it from home, joining others in the chat room of the City's Youtube channel. 

The governor's duty to the people - The Constitution of Maine

Governor Mills has more power - or responsibility rather - to intervene in law enforcement matters than she lets on. According to the Constitution of Maine, which is 50 pages, you'll find the following on page 24:

Section 12. Shall enforce the laws. The Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

I wrote to Paul LePage when he was governor and tried to get his help regarding injustices in the justice system. I've written to governors LePage, Baldacci, and Mills... and never got assistance from any of them. 

Way back while reading about the People's Veto, which is part of the Constitution of Maine, I read about the petition process. It was difficult to understand. Nothing has changed; on page 17, Section 17, 1. Proceedings for people's veto, is still a hell of a run on sentence...12 lines long!  

 

Delivery confirmed - Complaint to the Internal Affairs Division of Maine State Police, Troop F

I had help from Artificial Intelligence to draft a complaint to the Internal Affairs Division of Troop F of the Maine State Police regarding the 7-10-24 arrest without a warrant or probable cause, by Corporal Ted Martin in Saint Agatha Maine.

I received confirmation that my complaint was received on January 22, 2026 in Houlton Maine.

3:30 pm update: Docket call Lincoln County 1-27-25

My story still hasn't been reported by the media outlets in Maine or anywhere else. My court-appointed attorney sent me the information to appear by Zoom on January 27 @ 2 pm.

Paula - 

Your docket call appearance is scheduled for Tuesday at 2:00 PM. 

The Zoom meeting ID is 921-3895-0273

The pass code is 052459

Update to yesterday's post: 

1-27-26 It's 3:30 pm. I waited 50 minutes but Judge Daniel Billings did not conference me into my own hearing. 

My lawyer just called. I told him that I will not change my mind. If the prosecutor doesn't dismiss all of the charges I want a trial by jury. He did the same thing on November 3, 2025 when I was arraigned, met with the judge and the prosecutor without me. I'm going to ask for transcripts of the discussions they had. 

Vlad's 2012 story / prosecutorial misconduct

Thought I'd bring this case to your attention. Though this is reportedly the only case that the State of Maine has ever settled regarding malicious prosecution, that doesn't mean it isn't happening. From a Sun Journal story on 12-12-12 here are Filler's comments: 

“I believe we all have an absolute moral and constitutional obligation to fight abuse of officials who now wield almost absolute power to destroy our lives and undermine the administration of justice”  ~Vladek Filler

“What my children and I were put through is inexcusable, and I urge the Law Court to review all the evidence I have documented and provided to the Bar Counsel and act accordingly to defend our civil rights.”

And here's a story at Maine Public that mentions Filler's 2015 civil lawsuit. And a summary at Boston.com which states that AFA Mary Kellett only received a 30 day suspension...not enough.

Immunity of goverment officials - Public Safety meeting at noon today

I found this in some notes in my file cabinet today; it's 15 United States Code, Section 1122, regarding immunity. It's judge-made, not legitimate.

There's a meeting today at noon, regarding public safety in Lewiston. I wonder if the Safety Committee, the new one that's supposedly being or been created, will be made up of the same members that were on the former Ad Hoc Safety Committee.  

The Committee was comprised mostly of city council, and city employees (the mayor), and others who work in the justice system such as Lewiston police, the district attorney and county commissioner. 

The Safety Committee only met twice in over two years and did not accomplish it's goals...wait did it have any?

My public comments, recorded on City of Lewiston's Youtube channel

I'm reposting the video of the 7-15-25 city council meeting at the city of Lewiston's Youtube channel. I start speaking at about 2 hours 41 minutes in. I made a complaint, handed it to the former chief of police, David St. Pierre, during the meeting, after I spoke. And this was just weeks before he announced he was retiring.

St. Pierre is not retiring rom law enforcement, just from his position as chief. He's applied to be the next United States Marshal for Maine, and has the support of Senator Collins apparently. 

On August 26, 2025 I spoke again during public comment, and mentioned my complaint which has been ignored. I start speaking at about 10 minutes in. Police departments throughout Maine have been failing to investigate claims of misconduct and blatant violations of rights by it's officers. There is virtually no meaningful oversight of many Maine government employees. 

The Maine Wire speaks with Attorney Randazza regarding Shawn McBreairty, a Maine man who committed suicide. He was the father of a teenaged daughter. He spoke out against school transgender policies, and became the subject of a lawsuit by Maine law firm Drummond Woodsum. 

Former legislator, Jeffrey Evangelos - and video regarding ACLU lawsuit for violations of 6th amendment

It was mentioned this morning in the MPAC meeting that Jeff is not doing well. I've never met Jeff, but I've read about his work. 

At the Beacon there are stories which mention the former legislator who was on the Judiciary Committee. The stories are from 2022 and most were written before the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the MCPDS that spring for failing to provide counsel. 

Here's a video from Carol Garvan of the ACLU, regarding the right to counsel, class action lawsuit Robbins v MCPDS, which the state has argued it should not be a party in. 

Not surprising, Maine's jail costs are rising!

While researching jail costs, I read this story at Maine Public, which mentions the Maine County Corrections Professional Standards Council. So I went to their website. It looks like the Council is going to meet at 11:00 today. I think I'll try to watch through zoom. 

Well the zoom meeting mentioned above lasted only one half hour. I had other questions...maybe next time. So here's a summary of what I took away from today's meeting of the Maine County Corrections Professional Standards Council.

There were only a handful of individuals present, but a quorum. There might be some 4% increase to some budget or item. A report indicating specific mandates must be into the legislature by January 15. For 2025 I believe, about 26,000 people taken in, and 25,500 released. 

There was some discussion regarding that physicals are required to be made within 14 days of intake. It wasn't clear to me exactly what the issue was but I think doctor pay, maybe how to reduce hours, or the number of hours which should be like alloted to each physical. At this point, I enabled my video, then audio, and asked how individuals who arrive with obvious drug addiction are treated. Sent to the hospital within the first 8 hours, I think that's sort of what someone replied. 

I asked if the Council has taken a position on LD 1962 regarding the Ombudsman position. They haven't submitted testimony, and didn't really indicate either for or against. I told them there was still time to put in testimony, and that I had submitted testimony in favor of the bill but that I would like the county jails included; one who spoke in favor thought MDOC employees might need protection from or need to file a complaint regarding a prisoner/s, and that they could benefit from such an Ombudsman position.  

I did insert this comment into the chat room: So too many hours might be being spent by jail employees on processing an individual who is being released. And that was after it was suggested by one of the Council that perhaps there are too many hours being spent, or too many individuals involved in the process. There was not much activity in the chat except for that; and once it was determined there were no questions, the meeting was adjourned. 

Jan 7 @ 2 pm Criminal Justice and Public Safety

It looks like the public hearing is about to begin They've starting late. They are talking about immunity regarding if someone is overdosing, they can call for help to save someone's life without worrying about being charged with a crime. They are talking about adding training for law enforcement regarding this Good Samaritan Law. 

There's public testimony scheduled for LD 1962 to create an Ombudsman for the Maine Department of Corrections but yet I don't see it on the list. 

Public safety UNofficials

Well, I'm listening to yesterday's meeting in the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. I just clicked around 1:59:00 and a few minutes in, Mike Sauschuck is talking. He's in charge of public safety. I spoke with him last spring, at the free screening of the documentary about homelessness in Portland, called Under the Bridge. I told him about the wrongful arrest in Aroostook County in July of 2024. He offered no help, none. The Maine Criminal Justice Academy rarely penalizes law enforcement in Maine, I don't care what Sauschuck says.

Here’s something from a News Center Maine story about the meeting. Sauschuk wouldn’t answer a legislator's question regarding Justin Savage who is suing the state for $100 million after being beaten while in handcuffs.

Representative Nina Milliken, D-Blue Hill, brought up Savage’s arrest during the committee meeting, “I was hopeful that I would get some kind of appropriate response about why the officer in question was promoted while being the subject of an investigation.” 

My public comments: link to the videos at Lewiston's Youtube page

The following was posted on 8-21-25, though the 8-26-25 meeting had yet to happen. The reason for that is that I started a post on that day intending to insert the meeting minutes from July 15, but they weren't approved until September 2. Then I went back to that blank post and wrote about the meeting of 8-26-25. 

I've been arrested two more times since then, on September 2 and October 8. The last warrant was sealed; and when I tried to resist, police called my landlord and he gave them access. I recently posted the list of the charges I am facing which were recently sent to me by the attorney who was court-appointed to me after the district attorney, Kent Murdick, wanted to jail me for about a month for violations of bail conditions which were an unlawful violation of my right to free speech. 

On 8-26-25 a special meeting was held to discuss the hiring of a new police chief. I spoke at about 10 minutes, 52 minutes, and 1 hour 23 minutes in. The 8-26-25 meeting was streamed and you can view it here. 

I spoke at council meeting on April 1 also, just two days after Lewiston officers breached my door. Here is a link to the meeting minutes, in which I'm mentioned on page 1 and 3. 

On July 15, I made public comment, and I handed the chief of police, David St. Pierre, my complaint. The new city administrator, Bryan Kaenrath, is a former legislator and was mayor of Waterville. He said the meeting on July 15 lasted 8 hours and that was why it was taking so long to approve and post the minutes. 

As there was a warrant for my arrest at the time, I left immediately after I gave St. Pierre my complaint. Today I found the Youtube video of the 7-15-25 meeting. I speak at 2 hours 41 minutes into the meeting; we were there longer but the council had gone into executive session prior to that and recording was stopped. 

In my complaint, I claim that Lewiston police on March 24 and 30 of 2025 acted on warrants that were based on false claims. Nonetheless, the next morning, July 16 St. Pierre sent officers to my apartment building to arrest me. I wasn't home; Pete called to tell me, and I turned myself in the next afternoon...my freedom costing $560. 

The arrest warrant in Lincoln County was issued on June 12 after I failed to appear for my arraignment; I'm being charged with stalking and violation of a protection order. I called the court on June 11 to report that I was unable to appear due to an obstruction in my eye that happened while Pete and I were removing a bush at our property in Saint Agatha. Also eye drops that I had started using two weeks earlier had caused much irritation in both eyes.

At the meeting I mentioned the threat I had received from a tenant in Aroostook County last summer, and how Lewiston officers did not consider the message to be a threat when it clearly was. Finally I asked for accountability, and new ways to handle protection from abuse orders. I mentioned that alienation of good people from children's lives may be contributing to child abuse and neglect in Maine.