Susie Soe v. The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

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SUSIE SOE, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH NO. 2026 CW 0785

HER PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, SANDRA SOE ( PAGE 1 OF 2)
AND STEPHEN SOE, SANDRA SOE, STEPHEN

SOE, DANIEL DOE, A MINOR, BY AND

THROUGH HIS PARNETS AND GUARDIANS,
DIANA DOE AND DAVID DOE, DIANA DOE,

DAVID DOE, MAX MOE, A MINOR, BY AND

THROUGH HIS PARENT AND GUARDIAN,
MICHAEL MOE, MICHAEL MOE, NIA NOE, A
MINOR, BY AND THROUGH . HER PARENT AND
GUARDIAN, NANCY NOE, NANCY NOE, GRANT

GOE, A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HIS

PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, GRACIE GOE AND

GREG GOE, GRACE GOE AND GREG GOE

VERSUS

THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL
EXAMINERS, TERRIE R. THOMAS, KIM S.
SPORT, RITA Y. HORTON, JUZAR ALI,

RODERICK V. CLARK, LESTER W. JOHNSON,

PATRICK T. 0' NEILL, JAMES A. TAYLOR,

JR., LEONARD WEATHER, JR.,, AND CHERYL

HAYES WILLIAMS, IN THEIR OFFICIAL
CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE
LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL
EXAMINERS AND ELIZABETH MURRILL, IN OCTOBER 1, 2026
HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF LOUISIANA

In Re: Susie Soe, et, al., applying for supervisory writs, 19th
Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No.
751385.

Fields, J., dissents and would grant the writ. La. Code Civ

P. art. 151( B) provides that a judge of any trial or appellate

court shall be recused when there exists a substantial and

objective basis that would reasonably be expected to prevent the
judge from conducting any aspect of the cause in a fair and

impartial manner. A party who challenges the judge' s non-

compliance with the duty of: impartiality has the burden to prove
that a recusal is warranted by presenting evidence of a substantial
nature and based on more than conclusory allegations. Disaster

Restoration Dry Cleaning, L. L. C. v. Pellerin Laundry Mach. Sales
Co., 2005- 0715 ( La. 4/ 17/ 06), 927 So. 2d 1094. An abuse of

discretion by a trial court, as found by an appellate court on
review, generally results from a conclusion reached capriciously
or in an arbitrary manner, which means the absence of a rational
basis for the action to yen. Boone Servs., LLC v. Clark Homes, Inc.,

2023- 0299 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 10/ 18/ 23), 377 So. 3d 304. 1 find the

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trial court abused its discretion in granting the Motion to Recuse.
The evidence failed to establish a substantial and objective basis
expected to prevent Judge Johnson from
that would reasonably be
conducting any aspect of the cause in a fair and impartial manner.
Thus, I would reverse the judgment of the trial court and deny the
Motion to Recuse.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT