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DEPT. OF CORR., LA. ST. PENITENT. v. BARRERE

No. 82 CA 0730.

431 So.2d 782 (1983)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY v. Clayton BARRERE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied June 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annette R. Seng, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

David W. Robertson and Susan M. Theisen, Alexandria, Doug Ellis, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Robert R. Boland, Jr., Civil Service Legal Counsel, Dept. of State Civil Service, Baton Rouge, for Herbert L. Sumrall, Director of Dept. of State Civil Service.

Before COVINGTON, LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.

COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

On May 6, 1980, Clayton Barrere, James Gauthier, Larry Dauzat and John Cooper were employed by the Department of Corrections at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, and were involved in an altercation with inmate Nolan Larks at Cellblock D. As a result of this incident, Barrere, Gauthier and Cooper were charged with using excessive force to subdue the inmate; Barrere and Cooper were demoted and Gauthier received a twenty day suspension. Dauzat...

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