TOWNLEY v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF PUB. SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS

No. 97 CA 1648.

715 So.2d 150 (1998)

James R. TOWNLEY v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Townley, DeQuincy, Plaintiff/Appellant, in pro. per.

William Kline, Baton Rouge, for Defendant/Appellee La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.

Before FOIL, WHIPPLE and KUHN, JJ.


WHIPPLE, Judge.

In this appeal, James R. Townley, an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("the Department") at Phelps Correctional Center, challenges the trial court's judgment, maintaining the Department's exception of res judicata and dismissing Townley's suit with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 2, 1988, Townley was convicted...

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