Orlando Managing Partner Anthony Merendino, Esq., obtained a dismissal in the matter styled Craig Brown, Pro Se Plaintiff, Plaintiff, v. Fidelity National Title Group et al. Plaintiff sued the Defendant, Town of Rockport, Maine, in the Middle District of Florida, alleging four (4) causes of action against the Defendant: (1) Violation of Constitutional Rights by Rockport per 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985; (2) Retaliation against a Crime Victim by Rockport under 18 U.S.C. § 1513 (18 U.S.C. § 1961); (3) Obstruction of Justice by Rockport under 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (18 U.S.C. § 1961); and (4) Extortion, Violation of the Hobbs Act under 18 U.S.C. § 1951.  Plaintiff’s claims arose out of an eighteen (18) year old property boundary line dispute between Plaintiff and his neighbor on Plaintiff’s real property located in Camden, Maine (the “Property”).  Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that his neighbor improperly erected a fence on Plaintiff’s adjacent Property, relying on a fraudulent survey in support.  Plaintiff further alleged he engaged in self-help to remove the fence and was “falsely” convicted of criminal mischief as a result. Plaintiff alleged a criminal/civil conspiracy involving the erection of the fence and the lot lines for his Property by all of the Defendants in this litigation.  In the instant case, the District Court Judge granted the Defendant Town Of Rockport, Maine’s Motion to Dismiss on the grounds that there was a lack of personal jurisdiction and that the court did not have subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Read more