Superior Court Judge Carlia Brady has filed a malicious prosecution suit in federal court over what she calls a “five-year nightmare” that followed her arrest by Woodbridge police on a charge of hindering apprehension of her former boyfriend.

Brady claims she was falsely arrested for failing to call police when Jason Prontnicki, who was then a fugitive, was in her presence. Woodbridge police allegedly fabricated evidence and maliciously prosecuted her for offenses she did not commit and had no duty to report, based on racial animus, racial profiling and gender bias, the suit claims. Brady is an Asian-American who was born in the Philippines.