CHAMBLEE v. STALDER

No. 2003 CA 0061.

868 So.2d 88 (2003)

Tony CHAMBLEE v. Richard STALDER, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Warden Kelly Ward.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony Chamblee, D.W.C.C., Homer, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Tony Chamblee.

William Kline, Robert B. Barbor, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants Richard Stalder, et al.

Before: PETTIGREW, DOWNING, McCLENDON, JJ.


MCCLENDON, J.

The sole issue raised on appeal in this inmate suit is whether LSA-R.S. 15:571.4 B(1) includes escapes from a work-release facility by an inmate in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC). Finding it does not, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

On July 26, 2001, Tony Chamblee, an inmate in the custody of the DPSC, was housed at City of Faith, a DPSC work-release facility. At 6:30 p.m. that day, Chamblee...

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