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William Verrinder v. City of Lewiston, Maine
Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, No. And-21-119 · judgment May 31, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the City of Lewiston, Maine, in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, can require the Petitioner to pay $150.00, as demanded in a Notice of Violation, to the City of Lewiston to buy a hearing or to pay $150.00 to the City of Lewiston before the Petitioner can defend himself for the first time by challenging the unconstitutionality of the Respondent’s demand that the Petitioner pay $150.00 to the City of Lewiston to buy a hearing or pay $150.00 to the City of Lewiston before the Petitioner can defend himself for the first time against a Notice of Violation that seeks to impose mandatory statutory monetary fines and the Respondent threatens to seize real property, otherwise the Petitioner automatically loses the right to defend himself in court and the City of Lewiston Page 2 of 250
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Verrinder
For respondent
Michael Edward Carey
Brann & Isaacson
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 12 2022Petition DENIED.
- Nov 22 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
- Nov 18 2022Waiver of right of respondent City of Lewiston, Maine to respond filed.
- Aug 29 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2022)