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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Blackhouse v. Doe, 2011 ME 86 (2011)

Citation
Blackhouse v. Doe, 2011 ME 86 (2011)
Parent Document
Blackhouse v. Doe, 2011 ME 86 (2011)
Jurisdiction
Maine (state)
Effective Date
2011-08-04

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[¶ 19] The dilemma presented by this Court's holding is well illustrated by the facts of this appeal. The District Court, perhaps with knowledge of Blackhouse's history, saw this complaint for what it is— a frivolous, vexatious, and implausible action by a thirty-nine-year-old man seeking to exclude an eighty-six-year-old woman from her home and force her to pay him money. To support his efforts, Blackhouse asserted many bizarre allegations against his neighbor, his landlord, other tenants, and people in the community. With no documentation except for his own words, he then claimed a disability and demanded, as an accommodation, that he be permitted to avoid being confronted in court by the targets of his accusations. The District Court, seeing the bizarre and incredible allegations in Blackhouse's complaint at the temporary order stage, could have properly dismissed it without reaching Blackhouse's request for accommodation.