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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #009</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="nrbody"><style>.nrbody h1 { display:block; font-size:1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } .nrbody p { text-align:justify; } .nrdate { font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } </style><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">17th day of February, 2022</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Interim disqualification ordered. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0280.O.PC.pdf">2022-O-00280&nbsp;IN RE: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DAVID D. WOMACK</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">22nd day of February, 2022</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted. See briefing notice and Order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1820.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01820&nbsp;ALI KAZAN AND EBONY MEDLIN INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DAUGHTER LIA KAZAN, DECEASED VS. RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1724.KK.PC.pdf">2021-KK-01724&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EMILE LONZO</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Hughes, J., would deny.<br />Griffin, J., would deny.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1897.C.PC.pdf">2021-C-01897&nbsp;DEMECIA KING VS. TOWN OF CLARKS AND MAYOR CHAD COATES AND BOARD OF ALDERMAN, CHRISSY JOLLY, SHAWN GUINN, JASON MORRIS, MARGIE FISHER, PATSY FISHER IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caldwell)</p><h1>Writ application granted in part; denied in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1883.K.PC.pdf">2021-K-01883&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CONTRAVIOUS TRAVON VINSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><h1>Granted in part; denied in part. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/19-0243.OB.PC.pdf">2019-OB-00243&nbsp;IN RE: ATTLAH DENIECE BURRELL</a></p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0116.CC.action.pdf">2022-CC-00116&nbsp;JASON JONES AND STEPHANIE JONES, INDIVIDUALLY AND O/B/O CALEB JONES VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application not considered. Not timely filed. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X, &sect; 5(a):</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0022.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00022&nbsp;CP COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, LLC VS. LATASHA SHERMAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0143.CC.action.pdf">2022-CC-00143&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. $206,125.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY (FOR REFERENCE ONLY: ROGER S. CAMERON)</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0144.CC.action.pdf">2022-CC-00144&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. $206,125.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY (FOR REFERENCE ONLY: ROGER S. CAMERON)</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Writ application denied - Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State ex rel. Hunter v. State, 2015-0107 (La. 11/6/15), 182 So.3d 33:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1576.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01576&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TYRONE HUNTER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1757.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-01757&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JEFFREY M. REYNOLDS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1931.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-01931&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DARRELL TAYLOR</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1940.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-01940&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES CRAIG JOHNSON, JR. A/K/A JAMES CRAIG JACKSON, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)<br />Genovese, J., recused in case number 2021-KH-01940 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1962.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-01962&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. NOEL BROOKS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1980.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-01980&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RICHARD JAMES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1511.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01511&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ARTHUR RAY ROBINSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1707.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01707&nbsp;GLENN E. DIAZ VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LOUISIANA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Crain, J., concurs in the result.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1795.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01795&nbsp;OTIS JONES VS. WHIPS ELECTRIC, LLC, AFRICK CONSTRUCTION, LLC. PARADISE POOLS AND SPA, INC. AND TREVOR REICHMAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Griffin, J., recused in case number 2021-CC-01795 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1811.C.action.pdf">2021-C-01811&nbsp;TERESA JEFFRIES VS. PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br /><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1811.C.sjc.con.pdf">Crichton, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1817.C.action.pdf">2021-C-01817&nbsp;TERESA JEFFRIES VS. PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br /><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1817.C.sjc.con.pdf">Crichton, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1850.K.action.pdf">2021-K-01850&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES DANIEL JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1850.K.sjc.con.pdf">Crichton, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1850.K.jbm.con.pdf">McCallum, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1871.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01871&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. NAQUEL D. RUFFIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1923.KO.action.pdf">2021-KO-01923&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MARTIN WESLEY MORGAN, SR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1932.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01932&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WILLIE REED</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1935.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01935&nbsp;MANUEL GAGE VS. S&amp;W WHOLESALE FOODS, LLC AND EDWIN TUCKER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1939.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01939&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LEE ROY WARREN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1943.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01943&nbsp;GINA THOMPSON VS. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, LEGACY HOUSING, LTD AND MICHAEL GARZA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1945.KK.action.pdf">2021-KK-01945&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. NICHOLAS CASSELS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Franklin)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1949.K.action.pdf">2021-K-01949&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CANDIDO BELTRAN ABREGO</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1951.C.action.pdf">2021-C-01951&nbsp;MARK SHUBERT, JOSEPH SEGRETTO AND KEITH NOYA VS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FIRE FIGHTER'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUND, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Crichton, J., would grant in part for reasons assigned by Justice Genovese.<br /><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1951.C.jtg.grant.pdf">Genovese, J., would grant in part and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1952.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01952&nbsp;ERIC HILL AND DEWANA HILL VS. BANKERS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1956.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01956&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JIM YOUNG</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)<br />Griffin, J., would deny on the showing made.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1958.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01958&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF DAISY FOSTER ALLEN AND THOMAS ALLEN, SR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Concordia)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1963.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-01963&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PATRICK ROBINSON, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/21-1976.KO.action.pdf">2021-KO-01976&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRUCE L. LACHNEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0002.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00002&nbsp;LAND COAST INSULATION, INC. VS. GOOTEE CONSTRUCTION, INC., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br /><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0002.C.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0003.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00003&nbsp;DERRICK P. WILLIAMS VS. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0004.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00004&nbsp;THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND KEITH LAGRANGE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VS. THE NEW ORLEANS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0005.OC.action.pdf">2022-OC-00005&nbsp;ZEPPORIAH EDMONDS VS. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0008.CC.action.pdf">2022-CC-00008&nbsp;GEORGE SPRINGER VS. RENALDO MAXWELL BAPTISTE, TRUEBLUE INC. DBA LABOR READY, AND NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0010.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00010&nbsp;KRISTIN PEARCE VS. ROSS FORREST LAGARDE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0011.OC.action.pdf">2022-OC-00011&nbsp;ENRICO STERLING VS. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE C/W ENRICO STERLING VS. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0014.K.action.pdf">2022-K-00014&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ELIJAH MEALANCON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0018.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00018&nbsp;EDWARD LAFFERTY VS. NICHOLAS T. VAUGHN, TYLER A. VEAZEY, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Washington)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0023.C.action.pdf">2022-C-00023&nbsp;JEFF HUGHES VS. CAPITAL CITY PRESS, L.L.C. D/B/A THE ADVOCATE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)<br />Hughes, J., recused in case number 2022-C-00023 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0024.KK.action.pdf">2022-KK-00024&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DETRENTA D. LEE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2022/22-0039.K.action.pdf">2022-K-00039&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SHARNELL D. JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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