SINCLAIR v. KENNEDY

No. 96 CA 1510.

701 So.2d 457 (1997)

Billy Wayne SINCLAIR v. Fred KENNEDY, Warden.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Wayne Sinclair, Homer, Plaintiff-Appellant in Proper Person.

Roxie F. Goynes-Clark, Dept. of Public Safety & Corrections, Baton Rouge, for Defendants-Appellees Fred Kennedy, Warden, et al.

Before CARTER, LeBLANC and PARRO, JJ.


PARRO, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court's dismissal with prejudice of an inmate's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, based on its conclusion that the inmate had no cause of action. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The plaintiff in this action is Billy Wayne Sinclair, an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("DPSC"), pursuant to a murder conviction obtained in June 1966. Although...

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