LEFEBURE v. D'AQUILLA

No. 19-30702 consolidated with No. 19-30989.

15 F.4th 670 (2021)

Priscilla LEFEBURE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel D'AQUILLA, 20th Judicial District, individually and in his official capacity as District Attorney, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Rutherford , Rutherford Law, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ralph Roger Alexis, III, Esq. , Glenn B. Adams , Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, C. Frank Holthaus , Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Sara A. Johnson , New Orleans, LA, for Retired Federal Judges.


ORDER:

Three retired federal judges seek leave to file a brief in this case as amici curiae. The defendant vigorously opposes their motion, citing precedents from two other circuits that categorically exclude amicus briefs such as this.

The putative amici do not mention, let alone refute, those categorical rulings. Nor do amici address the defendant's alternative contention that the court should disqualify their brief due to concerns about its origins.<...

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