FOGG, Judge.
In this prisoner's suit, the issue raised on appeal is whether the time period set forth in La.R.S. 15:1177 for judicial review of an adverse decision by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections is peremptive or prescriptive.
The plaintiff, L.C. Carter, filed an action in district court on January 28, 1992, seeking damages for an injury he allegedly sustained when he slipped and fell while an inmate. The plaintiff had sought relief through...
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