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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 #002</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">23rd day of January, 2026</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/26-0018.CC.PC.pdf">2026-CC-00018&nbsp;CHAD HUGHES VS. CONNIE HARGRAVE AND SARWAT GAD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Penzato, J., recused.</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1643.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01643&nbsp;A INVESTMENTS, LLC, GRACEWATER LLC, AND MCNABB PROPERTIES, LLC VS. ROYAL DELTA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., ROYAL DELTA, LLC, JULIET LAUGHLIN, AND TIMOTHY LAUGHLIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">24th day of January, 2026</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/26-0102.KK.action.pdf">2026-KK-00102&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAMON BRYANT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">26th day of January, 2026</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Motion for clarification granted. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/26-0108.CD.PC.pdf">2026-CD-00108&nbsp;ROBERT JAMES RAGLAND VS. KATHERINE DIAMOND RAGLAND</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., recused.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">28th day of January, 2026</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/2026/25-1318.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01318&nbsp;JOHNNY COUSAIN VS. SMITTY'S SUPPLY, INC. AND NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Petition for permanent resignation from the practice of law in lieu of discipline granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1577.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-01577&nbsp;IN RE: GLENN E. DIAZ</a></p><h1>Denied - See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1567.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-01567&nbsp;IN RE: CONFIDENTIAL PARTY</a></p><h1>Petition to extend probation granted. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/23-1308.BA.PC.pdf">2023-BA-01308&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-119320</a><br />Griffin, J., dissents and would terminate probation.<br />Guidry, J., dissents and would terminate probation.</p><h1>Suspension imposed. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1422.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-01422&nbsp;IN RE: GEORGE R. KNOX</a><br />McCallum, J., dissents and would reject the proposed discipline as too lenient.</p><h1>Denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1380.OB.action.pdf">2025-OB-01380&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 25-PDB-039</a><br />Penzato, J., recused.</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1478.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-01478&nbsp;RTV REAL ESTATE HOLDING, LLC VS. TITLE DEPOT OF LOUISIANA, INC. A/K/A TITLE DEPOT AND ANDREW JOFFEE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1381.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-01381&nbsp;BRYAN MITNAUL VS. MICHAEL J. PETROSH, JR. &amp; ANDREA M. RABALAIS PETROSH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)<br />Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.<br />Cole, J., dissents and would deny.</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered - See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0872.CC.PC.re.pdf">2025-CC-00872&nbsp;JOSEPH WILLIAMS VS. CITY OF NATCHITOCHES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Natchitoches)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX, &sect; 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0937.C.action.re.pdf">2025-C-00937&nbsp;RITZY TORREZ VS. ST. BERNARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC., LAMMICO, AND OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION D/B/A OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><h1>Writ application not considered. Petitioner has not demonstrated that he sought review in the court(s) below before filing in this Court nor shown the "extraordinary circumstances" that would justify bypassing that level of review. La.S.Ct.R. I, &sect; 3(D).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1044.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01044&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FREDERICK LATHAN</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1046.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01046&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TAVIS JOSEPH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1062.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01062&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSHUA M. JENKINS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberia)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1071.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01071&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RICHARD LAY</a><br />Weimer, C. J., recused.<br />Penzato, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1536.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01536&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOHNNY LEON HATTEN, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Winn)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0660.KH.action.re.pdf">2025-KH-00660&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHAD L. DORSEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><h1>Application for rehearing denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0909.CC.action.re.pdf">2025-CC-00909&nbsp;KEITH BOSSIER VS. HAZA FOODS OF LOUISIANA, LLC, DIAMOND LAND COMPANY, LLC, THE WENDY'S COMPANY, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, DEF INSURANCE COMPANY, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><h1>Writ application denied. Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State v. Boykins, 2019-01602 (La. 7/17/20), 298 So.3d 154.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1061.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01061&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. HANSON BOYKINS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><h1>Writ application denied. Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review and fails to show that any exception permits his successive filing. See State ex rel. Thompson v. State, 2015-2215 (La. 4/7/17), 215 So.3d 663.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1077.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01077&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RANDALL CHAD THOMPSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Griffin, J., would grant. See State v. Reddick, 2021-01893 (La. 10/21/22) 351 So.3d. 273. (Griffin, J. dissenting).<br />Guidry, J., would grant. See State v. Reddick, 2021-01893 (La. 10/21/22) 351 So.3d. 273. (Griffin, J. dissenting).</p><h1>Stay lifted. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1390.KP.action.pdf">2025-KP-01390&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSEPH ROUSSELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0774.KH.PC.pdf">2025-KH-00774&nbsp;CALVIN KING VS. DARREL VANNOY, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><h1>Writ application granted. Relief denied. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0206.KK.PC.pdf">2025-KK-00206&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TRAVIS DEMOND JOSEPH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Assumption)<br />Guidry, J., dissents.</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2026/24-0787.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00787&nbsp;ANTHONY T. STRAUGHTER, DERON ALEXANDER AND RUSSELL BICKHAM VS. OCCIDENTAL FIRE &amp; CASUALTY COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE TRINITY SYSTEM INC., AND AARON MATTHEW WHITE CONSOLIDATED WITH DE'MYRON ALEXANDER VS. WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AND MATTHEW WHITE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0762.KP.action.pdf">2025-KP-00762&nbsp;ALONZO DEFILLO VS. DONNIE BORDELON, WARDEN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />McCallum, J., would grant in part.<br />Cole, J., would grant in part.<br />Penzato, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0782.KP.action.pdf">2025-KP-00782&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LEONARD NELSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Griffin, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Jenkins.<br />Guidry, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Jenkins.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0862.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00862&nbsp;ICLP19, LLC VS. THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF GERALDINE STARKS, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-0940.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00940&nbsp;GEORGE TOCA VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1006.K.action.pdf">2025-K-01006&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SETH GAGE SAVOIE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Assumption)<br />Penzato, J., recused.<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1043.K.action.pdf">2025-K-01043&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANTHONY J. REMEDES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1047.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-01047&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLAY LANDIS RIGGS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Winn)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1051.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01051&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. GARY BOUDREAUX</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1054.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01054&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DARIUS VINCENT SELLERS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1055.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-01055&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERRICK DEWAYNE GLOVER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1065.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01065&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WILLIE BELL, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1076.K.action.pdf">2025-K-01076&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMAL D. HORTON, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1265.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01265&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF GARRETT JOSEPH CLAYBOURN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1277.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01277&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF GARRETT JOSEPH CLAYBOURN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1395.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01395&nbsp;SUSAN HENRY HEBERT VS. LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1408.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01408&nbsp;IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF GARRETT JOSEPH CLAYBOURN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1411.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01411&nbsp;ALPINE EXPLORATION COMPANIES, INC. VS. MONCLA PRESSURE PUMPING, L.L.C., AND MONCLA PRESSURE PUMPING WELL SERVICE, L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1412.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01412&nbsp;KERRI ULRICH VS. CITY OF WESTWEGO</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/2026/25-1414.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01414&nbsp;BRENDA GARNER VS. DEFENDANT 1 AND DEFENDANT 2</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1417.OC.action.pdf">2025-OC-01417&nbsp;KERRY MOTICHEK VS. GONZALES POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE GONZALES MUNICIPAL FIRE &amp; POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.<br />Griffin, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1419.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01419&nbsp;WASTE MANAGEMENT OF LOUISIANA LLC D/B/A WOODSIDE LANDFILL, WASTE MANAGEMENT NATIONAL SERVICES, INC. VS. STAFFORD LOGISTICS, INC. D/B/A CUSTOM ECOLOGY, INC., STARR INDEMNITY &amp; LIABILITY COMPANY, CRUM &amp; FORSTER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY, &amp; SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1421.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01421&nbsp;SARAH STUBBLEFIELD AND BEN PICKETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY OF THEIR MINOR CHILD, DOROTHY PICKETT VS. ACADIANA BIRTH HOUSE AND MICHEL MARTIEN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1428.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01428&nbsp;ANTHONY T. STRAUGHTER, DERON ALEXANDER AND RUSSELL BICKHAM VS. OCCIDENTAL FIRE &amp; CASUALTY COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE TRINITY SYSTEM, INC., AND AARON MATTHEW WHITE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1434.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01434&nbsp;CHRISTOPHER O. BARNES VS. TURN SERVICES, L.L.C. AND ASSOCIATED TERMINALS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1436.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01436&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JYVOHN HARRIS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1437.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01437&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LIONEL SERIGNE, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1438.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01438&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KYLE JOSEPH NATALI</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1444.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01444&nbsp;MUBASHIR MAQBOOL VS. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1451.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01451&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA AND THE VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD VS. LOUISIANA LAND &amp; EXPLORATION COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1452.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01452&nbsp;STEPHANIE BANEGAS LOPEZ AND DANIS LOPEZ VS. KAILEY GOERLITZ AND FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1458.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01458&nbsp;LOUIS R. KOERNER, JR. VS CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON, SYNDICATES 0623 AND 2623, MS. ANDREA ST. PAUL BLAND AND MR. DAVID SINNOTT BLAND</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1463.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01463&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. COREY BUTLER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1469.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01469&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAVID WILLIAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1476.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01476&nbsp;DONALD RIXNER AND SANJANETTE RIXNER VS. SOUTHERN TIRE SERVICE, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Penzato, J., recused.<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2026/25-1479.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01479&nbsp;MUNICIPAL POLICE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM VS. LORIA HOLLINS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR, AND CATINA BRANCH, SHOLONDA BRANCH, ANGELA CARTER, JUNE GAYDEN, AND DEXTER JEFFERSON, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS ALDERMEN FOR THE TOWN OF JONESVILLE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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