MORGAN v. WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT (2020)

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Shawn MORGAN v. WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Eric J. Morales, in His Official Capacity as Deputy of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department, City of Port Allen, Port Allen Police Department, and Ron Kauffman, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer With the Port Allen Police Department

No. 2020-C-00999

Decided: December 22, 2020

Writ application granted. See per curiam.

WRIT GRANTED. The writ application of defendant Mike Cazes, in his official capacity as Sheriff of West Baton Rouge, is hereby granted. We thus reverse the court of appeal and reinstate the district court's judgment dismissing plaintiff's action against defendant-applicant with prejudice.

Johnson, C.J., would deny. Weimer, J., would grant and docket. Crain, J., concurs.

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