KELLER v. McELVEEN

No. 98-812.

744 So.2d 643 (1999)

Karen E. KELLER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Wayne F. McELVEEN, Sheriff, et al., Defendants-Relators.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Carver McCarthy, Lafayette, for Karen E. Keller.

Michael Steven Beverung, Lake Charles, for Wayne F. McElveen, Sheriff.

Terry James Manuel, Sulphur, for Rick Bryant, Dist. Atty.

Christopher Paul Ieyoub, Lake Charles, for Samuel Ivey.

Before DOUCET, C.J., COOKS, DECUIR, AMY and SULLIVAN, Judges.


AMY, J.

The plaintiff filed suit against the sheriff and district attorney of Calcasieu Parish due to her detention on a warrant not withdrawn from a national database after the district attorney's office rejected criminal charges against her. The district attorney filed an exception of no cause of action which was subsequently denied by the lower court as was a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendant sheriff. It is the district attorney's exception which...

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