BELLARD v. GAUTREAUX

Nos. 10-31266, 11-30306.

675 F.3d 454 (2012)

Shane BELLARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sid J. GAUTREAUX, III, Individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, State of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Arthur Smith, III (argued), Smith Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Catherine Susan St. Pierre (argued), Mary Grace Erlingson , Tara Lynn Johnston , James Russell Lewis , Crawford Lewis, P.L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Shane Bellard was dismissed from the East Baton Rouge police training program after falling asleep in class and purportedly making inappropriate sexual comments. He demanded a name-clearing hearing from the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff, Sid Gautreaux, but was denied. Bellard then brought federal and state law claims against the Sheriff for his failure to grant a name-clearing...

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