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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top" style=""><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #029</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 June, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0764.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00764&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RAYMOND COATS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">19th day of June, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Joint petition for transfer to disability inactive status granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0710.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-00710&nbsp;IN RE: ANTON MARTYNENKO</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0568.KK.PC.pdf">2025-KK-00568&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RAYMOND L. HART</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Guidry, J., dissents and would deny.<br />Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.<br />Griffin, J., dissents and would deny.</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0770.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00770&nbsp;IN RE: PEROXISOME TRUST</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Crain, J., recused.</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0728.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00728&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DANIELL MUTIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.<br />Cole, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0743.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00743&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ROBERT THOMPSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><h1>Petition for immediate interim disqualification granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0723.O.PC.pdf">2025-O-00723&nbsp;IN RE: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE TRACY BATIESTE, WARD 2, DISTRICT 3, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, STATE OF LOUISIANA</a><br />Hughes, J., dissents.<br />Guidry, J., dissents.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">25th day of June, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Admission granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0894.BA.PC.pdf">2024-BA-00894&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-587818</a></p><h1>Joint petition for consent discipline accepted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0632.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-00632&nbsp;IN RE: MAURICE D. HALL</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0655.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-00655&nbsp;IN RE: JEFFERY D. SAMPSON</a><br />Crain, J., dissents and would reject the petition for consent discipline.<br />McCallum, J., dissents and would reject the proposed discipline as too lenient.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0715.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-00715&nbsp;IN RE: JONATHAN GARDERE CARTER</a><br />Crain, J., dissents and would reject the petition for consent discipline.<br />McCallum, J., dissents and would reject the petition for consent discipline.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0721.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-00721&nbsp;IN RE: SAMUEL CHARLES WARD, JR.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0721.B.wjc.dis.pdf">Crain, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0721.B.jbm.dis.pdf">McCallum, J., dissents and assigns reasons.<br /></a>Cole, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Crain, J.<a href="/opinions/2025/25-0721.B.jbm.dis.pdf"></a></p><h1>Reinstatement granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0627.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-00627&nbsp;IN RE: DONALD R. DOBBINS</a><br />Crain, J., dissents and would deny reinstatement.<br />McCallum, J., dissents and would deny reinstatement.</p><h1>Petition to terminate conditional admission status granted. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/20-0919.BA.PC.pdf">2020-BA-00919&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-49161</a></p><h1>Joint motion to extend probation granted. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1180.B.PC.pdf">2024-B-01180&nbsp;IN RE: MARC R. MICHAUD</a></p><h1>Remand to the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0616.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-00616&nbsp;IN RE: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL FILE NO. 0040189</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See briefing notice and Order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0367.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00367&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF LAURIE MARIA BROCATO</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0443.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00443&nbsp;CYNTHIA BRYAN, AUBRY BRYAN, JR., AUNYA BRYAN, AND GLENDA BRYAN VS. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION AS THE GUARANTOR OF THE INSOLVENT INSURANCE COMPANY, SOUTHERN FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0269.CC.PC.pdf">2025-CC-00269&nbsp;JEFF HUGHES VS. CAPITAL CITY PRESS, L.L.C. D/B/A THE ADVOCATE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)<br />Hughes, J., recused.<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Weimer, C.J., dissents and would grant and docket.</p><h1>Application for reconsideration granted. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0125.K.PC.re.pdf">2025-K-00125&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERRICK ODOMES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Weimer, C. J., recused.</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0206.KK.PC.pdf">2025-KK-00206&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TRAVIS DEMOND JOSEPH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Assumption)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0206.KK.jlw.dis.pdf">Weimer, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Chief Justice Weimer.<br />Guidry, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Chief Justice Weimer.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0276.CJ.PC.pdf">2025-CJ-00276&nbsp;MORGAN MCCANN THIBODEAUX VS. LUKE JOSEPH THIBODEAUX</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0391.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-00391&nbsp;DARCY DRIVER, DEANN DRIVER AND DANIELLE DRIVER-ROUSSEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED PARENTS, ALBERT, JR. AND KATHIE DRIVER VS. WILLIS KNIGHTON PIERREMONT HEALTH CENTER, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0391.C.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0391.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-00400&nbsp;DARCY DRIVER, DEANN DRIVER AND DANIELLE DRIVER-ROUSSEL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED PARENTS, ALBERT DRIVER, JR., AND KATHIE DRIVER VS. WILLIS KNIGHTON PIERREMONT HEALTH CENTER, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0391.C.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><h1>Writ application denied. Moot:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1521.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01521&nbsp;MARILYN H. MCBRIDE, DAVY A. DOWDY, AND JOEY E. MILLER VS. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, JOHN K. WOODARD, DAVID G. BROOKS, SR., AND ENABLE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Red River)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1373.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01373&nbsp;MARILYN H. MCBRIDE, DAVY A. DOWDY, AND JOEY E. MILLER VS. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, JOHN K. WOODARD, DAVID G. BROOKS, SR., AND ENABLE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Red River)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0266.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00266&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEITH DAVID JOSEPH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0363.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00363&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JARRELL NEAL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0399.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00399&nbsp;PHILIP JOSEPH TRICHE, JR. VS. DANIELLE DEMARCO TRICHE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0401.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00401&nbsp;PHILIP JOSEPH TRICHE, JR. VS. DANIELLE DEMARCO TRICHE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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