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TAYLOR v. BROOM

No. CW 871354.

526 So.2d 1367 (1988)

Billy J. TAYLOR v. George A. BROOM, Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish, Thomas J. Healy, Individually and as Coroner of St. Tammany Parish, and the Parish and Police Jury of St. Tammany.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Courtney Wilson, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

William N. Faller, Baton Rouge and Lane Carson, Covington, for defendants.

Before WATKINS, SHORTESS, SAVOIE, LANIER and CRAIN, JJ.

LANIER, Judge.

This action is a suit for damages by a prisoner asserting he was beaten by police officers while in jail. Relief is being sought pursuant to La.C.C. art. 2315 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The prisoner moved for and was granted permission to proceed in forma pauperis. The prisoner petitioned the trial court for writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum for himself and three other prisoners to appear and testify at the trial on the merits. The trial...

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