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A federal judge has recommended a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a Bangor man who drowned in owala the Kenduskeag Stream in March while trying to avoid police be dismissed.Gary Manuel, the father of owala water bottle Peter Manuel, filed the lawsuit himself in early August in U.S. District Court in Bangor. He alleged that his family, including his son, a 22-year-old black man, faced a pattern of harassment from Bangor police, the city and the state that culminated in his death on March 2.Attorneys for Bangor and the state asked that the lawsuit be dismissed about two weeks after it was filed.[Subscribe to our free morning newsletter and get the latest headlines in your inbox]U.S. Magistrate John Nivison said in his 11-page decision that the elder Manuels claims that the events of March 2, 2018, were the product of animus arising from [his previous] litigation activity on behalf of the Manuel family. Plaintiffs allegations, however, are conclusory and are insufficient to support an actionable claim. Gary Manuel previously sued Bangor and state officials in 2009 and 2011 in federal court in Bangor over housing issues. Both cases were dismissed.Nivison also found Friday that the recent wrongful d owala website eath claim against the Bangor Police Department and four of its officers belonged in Penobscot County Superior Court, not federal court. The judge also found there was no basis for Manuels claims that city and state officials had conspired to keep his family from receiving support for housing a |
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