COOLEY v. STATE

No. 88-CA-0400.

533 So.2d 124 (1988)

Billy Lee COOLEY v. The STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee S. McColloster, Harahan, for plaintiff.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Peter J. Giarrusso, Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, for defendant.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and SCHOTT and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Billy Lee Cooley, appeals from a judgment sustaining an exception of no cause of action raised by defendant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (State-DPSC). We affirm.

In March 1985, plaintiff was convicted of forgery and sentenced to serve three years at hard labor in the custody of the DPSC. Because of overcrowding problems in the State prison system plaintiff remained in the physical...

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