An action was filed by the plaintiff against the State Department of Environmental Management and several of its officers after the officers seized a raccoon.
The plaintiff filed the action against the state of Rhode Island and against various representatives of the Department of Environmental Management claiming that the defendants violated her right to privacy, violated her due process rights and perpetuated an unreasonable search, all in contravention of the First, Fourth and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution and the general laws of the state of Rhode Island. The plaintiff also alleged that the defendants intentionally and negligently inflicted emotional distress upon her, that the defendants committed the tort of conversion, that the defendants committed assault and battery upon her and that the defendants were further guilty of malicious prosecution and false arrest.