<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #004</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>23rd day of January, 2013</strong></span>, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION TO TRANSFER TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13OB0161.pc.pdf">2013-OB-0161 IN RE: MAURICE L. TYLER</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0174 JEFFREY K. STEGALL v. ORR MOTORS OF LITTLE ROCK, INC. D/B/A SPARKS NISSAN KIA REAL ESTATE, INC. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2516 NATHANIEL CODE v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS AND JAMES M. LEBLANC, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KP-0098 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER SEPULVADO (Parish of Desoto)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0172 DONALD L. ESSMEIER, ET AL. v. TOWN OF JONESBORO, ET AL. (Parish of Jackson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0173 STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH JAMES D. "BUDDY" CALDWELL v. TOWN OF JONESBORO, ET AL. (Parish of Jackson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>24th day of January, 2013</strong></span>, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0205 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DELBERT DAVIS (Parish of Orleans)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KD-0226 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN ETIENNE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>25th day of January, 2013</strong></span>, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISCIPLINE IMPOSED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12B1700.pc.pdf">2012-B -1700 IN RE: O'NEAL JONES, JR.</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>JOINT PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12B2750.pc.pdf">2012-B -2750 IN RE: BENJAMIN L. JOHNSON</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-B -1565 IN RE: JEFF DAVID EASLEY</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REQUEST FOR TRANSFER TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS DENIED; REINSTATEMENT TO ACTIVE STATUS PENDING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12B0598.pc.pdf">2012-B -0598 IN RE: GREGORY J. AVERY</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2636 SHELLEY R. BRIGNAC v. TOWER CREDIT, INC. AND BINNING BONDING COMPANY, L.L.C. AND STEPHEN BINNING PROPERTIES, L.L.C. (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-2644 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN QUATREVINGT (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CP-2239 RUFUS J. HAMPTON, III v. FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, PRESIDING (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2181 INSTANT REPLAY SPORTS, INC. & CHARLES ORZEHOSKIE v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, DON ADOUE, ELSIE CALLAWAY & WILBUR JORDAN (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0012 KEISHA DESSELLE, ET AL. v. ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -0229 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROME BRYANT, JR. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0460 CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. RONALD DEBELLO (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0587 KIRK E. PREST, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1188 STATE EX REL. LORENZO C. WIGGINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1524 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ULYSSES HILL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1543 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHERAMI FREYOU (Parish of Iberia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1544 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH A. MYERS (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1548 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY W. TISDALE (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1551 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENDRICK CHRISTMAS (Parish of Iberville)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1552 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GILBERT M. TYLER (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1579 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CORNELL DAVID HOOD, II (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1592 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LOUIS LAMBERT (Parish of Assumption)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1596 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWIN N. RIVERA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1597 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TREVOR T. JOHNSON (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1621 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TAFT WILSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1812 STATE EX REL. DAVID STAPLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Grant)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1819 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL BRADFORD BASS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)<br />CLARK, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1943 STATE EX REL. FRANK WALGAMOTTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CI-1962 JOSEPH V. FOSTER, JR. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1963 STATE EX REL. BURNELL COLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2022 STATE EX REL. DWAYNE DEMOUCHET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2024 STATE EX REL. WARREN SINCENO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2025 STATE EX REL. RUTHERFORD JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2035 STATE EX REL. SHAMICHAEL TORO TILLMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2036 STATE EX REL. MELVIN JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2037 STATE EX REL. ROBERT L. WYMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2038 STATE EX REL. TELLY TYRONE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2048 STATE EX REL. WALTER ESCOBAR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2049 STATE EX REL. JOHN C. WARNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2050 STATE EX REL. EVERETT G. THORNTON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2051 STATE EX REL. FREDRICK WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2062 STATE EX REL. EMANUEL BARRETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2065 STATE EX REL. DAMON CAMEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2070 STATE EX REL. KERRY J. CURINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2075 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL CALLOWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2076 STATE EX REL. LLOYD DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2088 STATE EX REL. GLENN BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2091 STATE EX REL. STEVON ARCHIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2109 STATE EX REL. BYRON JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2110 STATE EX REL. RICKEY GIPSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2262 CHERYL HILL, ET AL. v. SID HEBERT, ET AL. (Parish of Iberia)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2273 EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY, INC. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2275 EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY, INC. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2287 EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY, INC. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2296 EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY, INC. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2306 EAGLE PIPE AND SUPPLY, INC. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-2461 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID BROWN (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2608 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. JUDY GREEN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2609 DIANA LEWIS v. TRINA D. DORSEY AND BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2614 JALIL ABUSHANAB v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC. D/B/A ISLE OF CAPRI (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2616 LINDA ATKINS GRAY v. JAMES GRAY (Parish of St. Helena)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2619 PEGGY JUNEAU v. FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY HEALTH SYSTEM AND OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 05)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2621 FREDERICK WALKER AND IRMA WALKER v. JACK PATRICK HARRIS AND DESALVO & HARRIS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-OC-2622 IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR THE CLAIM OF ROBERT NOLAND v. VICKI STEEN, M.D. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2623 EASTERN SOLUTIONS, INC. v. NAJI AL-FOUZAN, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2624 JERRY LEE BALDWIN v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, NELSON SCHEXNAYDER, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2625 GERALDINE BILLUPS v. B.C. ENTERPRISE GROUP, INC., LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE INSPECTION INCORPORATED, AND WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-2626 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEITH ROBERTSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2633 ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT v. ANTHONY RUBIN C/W ANTHONY RUBIN v. CCMSI AND ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 04)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2634 SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY v. CYNTHIA BRIDGES, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2641 RONALD DUNN, JR. v. LAKEWOOD QUARTERS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 02)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2645 MELANIE GARDNER v. MIKE CRAFT, ET AL, & THE STEBBINS ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Parish of Desoto)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2646 RICKEY WHITTINGTON, JR. v. QBE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2647 PATRICK ARTHUR PIERSON, WILLIAM H. BOADA, SR. AND HUNLEY P. DUFOUR, JR. v. JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2651 JALIL ABUSHANAB v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC. D/B/A ISLE OF CAPRI (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0001 IV JEANSONNE v. JULIUS LEE MCCRAINE, III (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0002 J. L. MCCRAINE, III v. VOYELLESLAND FARMS, INC. (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p align="justify"> </p>