<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 #065</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">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>7th day of November, 2016</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CERTIFICATION GRANTED; UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-CQ-1372 ERIC BORCIK v. CROSBY TUGS, L.L.C.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S)GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1146 DARRIN COULON AND TESS COULON v. ENDURANCE RISK PARTNERS, INC., WEST BANK SURGERY CENTER, L.L.C., AND MARK JUNEAU, M.D. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1391 JOHN SONS, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />HUGHES, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1392 JOHN SONS, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />HUGHES, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISBARMENT IMPOSED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16B1590.PC.pdf">2016-B -1590 IN RE: JUNE A. PLACER</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16B1590.sjc.con.pdf">CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16B1590.mrc.dis.pdf">CLARK, J., dissents and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15-1346.KH.PC.pdf">2015-KH-1346 STATE EX REL. EARTON LYNN SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15-1460.KH.PC.pdf">2015-KH-1460 STATE EX REL. LAMONT WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1006.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1006 STATE EX REL. BRUCE RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1029.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1029 STATE EX REL. ROBERT SCOTT WRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1042.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1042 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH BOUTTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1137.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1137 STATE EX REL. CEVERO GARCIA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1236.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1236 STATE EX REL. JORGE RODRIGUEZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1286.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1286 STATE EX REL. KEVIN JAMES PITRE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1342.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1342 STATE EX REL. CHARLES EDWARDS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1421.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1421 STATE EX REL. DIVERIOUS HOLDEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Winn)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1440.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1440 STATE EX REL. HORACE TOPPINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of St. John)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1483.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1483 STATE EX REL. JAMES F. QUIMBY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Richland)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1484.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1484 STATE EX REL. SYLVESTER TRACKLING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1515.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1515 STATE EX REL. BENJAMIN BRUCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1579.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1579 STATE EX REL. VICTOR DURDEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1620.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1620 STATE EX REL. QUIERZA LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1670.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1670 STATE EX REL. JERMAINE SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1721.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1721 STATE EX REL. TYRONE MICHAEL SMITH, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1732.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1732 STATE EX REL. JOE STEPHENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1740.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1740 STATE EX REL. JAMAL R. WALKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1760.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1760 STATE EX REL. GILL W. JASMINE, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of St. John)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1763.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1763 STATE EX REL. DARRION WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1766.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1766 STATE EX REL. JEREMY C. BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1802.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1802 STATE EX REL. CHARLES MCDONALD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1845.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1845 STATE EX REL. DURELLE BOWENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16-1852.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-1852 STATE EX REL. MOZINE JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KH-0680 STATE EX REL. JAMES DEANGELO ARO, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-0958 STATE EX. REL. SIRVORIS SUTTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1036 STATE EX REL. WESLEY RICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1051 STATE EX REL. WESLEY RICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1091 STATE EX REL. CARY MALONE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1103 STATE EX REL. FREDERICK ROSS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1150 STATE EX REL. KRISTOPHER JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1200 STATE EX REL. DONALD M. BOSWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1230 STATE EX REL. RAY GRIFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1231 STATE EX REL. RICHARD NATHANIEL MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1320 STATE EX REL. NICHOLAS ANDRE OLIPHANT (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1328 STATE EX REL. LANDON FULLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1345 REGINA E. WILES v. STEPHEN W. WILES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1416 STATE EX REL. JAMES EARL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1429 STATE EX REL. RONNIE WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1447 STATE EX REL. DARRIN SIBLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1468 STATE EX REL. DEMETRIUS D. NASH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1473 STATE EX REL. ALVIN BRATTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1481 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL E. SULLIVAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1492 STATE EX REL. HOWARD LINDSEY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1513 STATE EX REL. MARCUS ANDREW TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1514 STATE EX REL. ALLEN JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1529 STATE EX REL. ESTHER PENNS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1587 STATE EX REL. BROOKLYN BECC HUBER BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1612 STATE EX REL. IZIAH BRYANT, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1714 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY JOSEPH FONTENOT, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1726 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH SERGENT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1736 STATE EX REL. WESLEY RICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1738 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM MOSER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1752 STATE EX REL. JOE NATHAN TUBBS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1778 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER WEATHERSBY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1803 STATE EX REL. JOHNNY THOMPSON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify">2016-KH-1819 STATE EX REL. PATRICK JOSEPH WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REHEARING(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1123 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD G. CROCHET (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15-1527.OK.PC.pdf">2015-OK-1527 GREGORY LEEMING v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY AT ANGOLA, LA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0874 STATE EX REL. WAYNE KEVIN JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify">2015-K -1261 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES E. WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-OK-1356 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EVAN VAUGHN PLYBON (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-1844 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMMAL FREDRICK CALLOWAY (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-1894 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL GRIFFIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-2046 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MANZY C. WATSON A/K/A MANZY LASHAWN WATSON A/K/A MANZY L. WATSON (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-2166 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKEY G. POWELL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1246 MARY P. LOUPE v. USAA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16CC1246cw1247cw1248.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., dissents and would grant the writ and assigns reasons</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16CC1246cw1247cw1248.sjc.Would_Grant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1247 MARY P. LOUPE v. USAA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16CC1246cw1247cw1248.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., dissents and would grant the writ and assigns reasons</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16CC1246cw1247cw1248.sjc.Would_Grant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1248 MARY P. LOUPE v. USAA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16CC1246cw1247cw1248.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., dissents and would grant the writ and assigns reasons</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16CC1246cw1247cw1248.sjc.Would_Grant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1263 TOM ASWELL v. THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND KRISTY NICHOLS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1270 VICKIE HENRY, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, MADISON HENRY v. GABRIEL'S HOUSE OF EVENTS AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ascension)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1295 ELIANA AMPARO SOTO v. ALIREZA SADEGHI C/W ELIANA AMPARO SOTO v. ALIREZA SADEGHI (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1321 EDWARD YOUNG v. ST. GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 AND THE ST. GEORGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 CIVIL SERVICE BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1323 IASIS GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. LISA HILL (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 01E)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1324 JENNIFER LEE KRAMER, ET AL. v. PENDLETON MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1334 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKEY GUIDRY (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1335 FRANCISCO ARNUERO AND SAMUEL VELAZQUEZ v. JACQUELINE LIRETTE AND SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1347 ADAIR ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC v. MICHAEL HARRIS TURNEY, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1348 DONNELDA MARTIN, ET AL v. DARYL MARX, M.D. (Parish of Ouachita)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1353 GULF COAST INTERNATIONAL, LLC v. THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII (Parish of Iberia)</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1354 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM MICHALE HAYDEN (Parish of Livingston)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16KK1354.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., dissents and would grant the writ and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1356 JAMES A. THOMAS AND SHARON THOMAS v. BRYAN BOYD, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1357 LISA HILL v. IASIS GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL AND CORVEL CORPORATION (Office of Workers Compensation District 1W)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1358 JAMES G. CHOWNS v. C.A. FREDERICKS, WARDEN CALDWELL CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND JAMES LEBLANC, SECRETARY LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS AND GENIE POWERS, DIRECTOR LOUISIANA BOARD OF PAROLE AND STATE OF LOUISIANA AND RENEE STREETER, COURT STENOGRAPHER (Parish of Caldwell)<br />CRICHTON, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1362 JERRY PEREZ v. EXPRESS JET (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 01E)</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1366 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEITHDRICK LAMOND PIER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-OK-1376 THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY, LLC v. LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHALL BRIAN POPE (IN RE: CONTEMPT OF COURT) (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1377 BARBARA GUILLORY, ET AL. v. CHRISTOPHER BALLARD, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1378 LUBA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. CHERRI MCMORRIS, INDIVIDUALLY, JOHN DOE AND CHERRI MCMORRIS AS NATURAL TUTOR OF ALEXIS MCMORRIS, AN UNEMANCIPATED MINOR, AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1382 FRANCISCO GARCIA, ET AL. v. BRIAN LEWIS, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16C1382.sjc.con.pdf">CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1383 HAROLD JACKSON v. ROYAL T ENERGY, LLC (Office of Workers' Compensation, District 1-East)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1385 CYNTHIA NUGENT v. THERESA MCNEASE AND STATE OF LOUISIANA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1393 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, NORMAN FOSTER, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, BUREAU OF REVENUE AND ANTHONY REILLY, COLLECTOR v. JAZZ CASINO COMPANY, LLC (Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, Local Division)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1396 HEATHER LYNN CARMICHAEL v. RAY BRADLEY BROOKS (Parish of St. Landry)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1397 JUAN VARA & KEVIN WHEELER v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE (Civil Service Commission, City of New Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1501 HEATHER LYNN CARMICHAEL v. RAY BRADLEY BROOKS (Parish of St. Landry)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-C -1781 CLAUDETTE SISLO v. NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS (Office of Workers' Compensation, District 8)</p>