BIBBINS v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

Civil Action No. 04-122-JJB.

489 F.Supp.2d 562 (2007)

Gene BIBBINS, et al. v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

May 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry C. Scheck, The Innocence Project, Deborah L. Cornwall, Cochran Neufeld & Scheck, LLP, New York, NY, Connie Marie Aucoin, Law Office of R. Bruce Mac-Murdo, Baton Rouge, LA, Laurie A. White, Laurie A. White & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for Gene Bibbins, et al.

James L. Hilburn, Parish Attorney's Office, Leu Anne Lester Greco, Greco Law Firm, LLC, Henry D.H. Olinde, Jr., James Dejean Prescott, III, Scott Edward Mercer, Couhig Partners, LLC, Barbara Irwin Messina, Barbara Irwin Messina, LLC, Allison Ashurst Fitzgerald, Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Baton Rouge, LA, for City of Baton Rouge, et al.


RULING AND ORDER

BRADY, District Judge.

This case arises out of a police investigation of the plaintiff, Gene Bibbins ("Bibbins"), which ultimately resulted in sending an innocent man to prison for 16 years. Bibbins' lawsuit is based on federal constitutional claims driven by 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as claims under Louisiana law.

A number of matters are pending before the court. First, defendant City of Baton Rouge ("the City") has filed a...

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