Charles Butler v. Louisiana Department Of Public Safety & Corrections

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 01, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
CHARLES BUTLER
VS.
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY & CORRECTIONS
No. 2022-CI-00844
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N RE: Charles Butler - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish
of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Number(s) C703765, Court of
Appeal, First Circuit, Number(s) 2021 CA 1227;
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November 01, 2022
Writ application granted. See per curiam.
Weimer, C.J., dissent.
Crichton, J., dissent.
Crain, J., dissent.
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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 22-CI-0844
CHARLES BUTLER
v.
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE NINETEENTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted. The portion of the district court’s judgment assessing all costs
to be paid by plaintiff is reversed, and t he judgment is modified to assess costs
against defendant, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See
Reed v. Louisiana Dep ’t of Pub. Safety & Corr. , 2020 -0091 (La. App. 1 Cir.
11/2/20) (unpub’d), available at 2020 WL 6390526, writ denied, 2020-01385 (La.
1/12/21), 308 So.3d 710 (upholding assessment of costs against DPSC); Taylor v.
Louisiana Dep ’t of Pub. Safety & Corr. , 2020 -0095 (La. App. 1 Cir. 11/12/20),
316 So.3d 32, writ denied, 2020-01424 (La. 2/9/21), 310 So.3d 170 (same).
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