Shawn Morgan v. West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department, Eric J. Morales, In His Official Capacity As Deputy Of The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department, City Of Port Allen, Port Allen Police Department, And Ron Kauffman, Jr., Individual

Supreme Court of Louisiana
December 22, 2020
Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
SHAWN MORGAN
VS.
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, ERIC J. MORALES, IN HIS
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DEPUTY OF THE
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, CITY OF PORT ALLEN, PORT
ALLEN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND RON
KAUFFMAN, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN OFFICER WITH
THE PORT ALLEN POLICE DEPARTMENT
No.2020-C-00999
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IN
RE: Mike Cazes, in his capacity as Sheriff of West Baton Rouge Parish -
Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of West Baton Rouge,
18th Judicial District Court Number(s) 1040,977, 1st Circuit Court of Appeal,
Number(s) 2019-CA-0728;
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December 22, 2020
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Johnson, C.J., would deny.
Weimer, J., would grant and docket.
Crain, J., concurs.
SJC
JDH
JTG
WJC
JBM
12/22/2020 “See News Release 050 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents.”

S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
N
o. 2020-C-00999
S
HAWN MORGAN
VS.
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ERIC J.
MORALES, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DEPUTY OF THE WEST
BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CITY OF PORT
ALLEN, PORT ALLEN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND RON KAUFFMAN,
JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN
OFFICER WITH THE PORT ALLEN POLICE DEPARTMENT
O
N WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE 1ST CIRCUIT COURT OF
APPEAL, PARISH OF WEST BATON ROUGE
W
RIT GRANTED. The writ application of defendant Mike Cazes, in his
official capacity as Sheriff of West Baton Rouge, is hereby granted. We thus
reverse the court of appeal and reinstate the district court’s judgment dismissing
plaintiff’s action against defendant-applicant with prejudice.
12/22/2020