U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is suing his neighbor who admitted to tackling the Congressman as he mowed his yard.

The Republican senator on Friday filed a lawsuit that seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from neighbor Rene Boucher for the November 3 assault.

In the lawsuit, the Kentucky politician said he suffered 'physical pain and mental suffering' when Boucher tackled him to the ground while he was out mowing his lawn, causing him to fracture multiple ribs. In the aftermath, Sen. Paul also dealt with recurrent pneumonia because of the broken ribs.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (left, in February) has filed a lawsuit against his neighbor, Rene Boucher (right) for tackling him to the ground while he was out mowing his lawn in November

Boucher has said previously that his actions were brought on by Sen. Paul repeatedly stacking yard debris near their shared property line in Bowling Green - making it hard for him to sell his home.

The lawsuit calls Boucher's actions 'unnecessarily cruel, malicious, willful, wanton' with total disregard for Sen. Paul's 'rights, life and liberties.'

The lawsuit charges that Sen. Paul 'has been deprived of his enjoyment of life' and left with an increased likelihood of injury and disease.

Boucher said he attacked the Congressman because of an ongoing dispute about Paul piling yard debris on a shared property line

Paul was out mowing his lawn (home pictured above) on November 3 when Boucher tackled him to the ground, breaking multiple ribs

Boucher said that the accumulating yard debris made it hard for him to sell his house (above)

It also asks the judge to prevent Boucher contacting the Paul family because he 'will continue... the pattern of stalking and harassment.'

Boucher's attorney, Matt Baker, released this statement after Sen. Paul filed his lawsuit on Friday: 'To the best of my knowledge, Sen. Paul has not suffered any loss of any income and doesn't appear that he will in the future. It was established at the sentencing hearing that he does not have any out-of-pocket medical expenses in this case, and at some point after the incident he told Fox News in an on-camera interview that he has not taken any prescription pain medication, and so all that is to say we're going to defend this civil suit just like we would any other and see if we can get it resolved as efficiently as possible.'

Boucher was arrested right after the assault and charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. That charge was later upgraded to a felony - assaulting a member of Congress.

The Democrat doctor pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $10,000 fine earlier this month.

Boucher has yet to be given a date to start his month-long sentence.