CRITTINDON v. LEBLANC

No. 20-30304.

37 F.4th 177 (2022)

Jessie CRITTINDON; Leon Burse; Eddie Copelin; Phillip Dominick, III; Donald Guidry, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James LEBLANC; Perry Stagg; Angela Griffin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily M. Washington , James W. Craig , Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Andre' Charles Castaing , Louisiana Department of Justice, Litigation Division, Baton Rouge, LA, Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, Phyllis Esther Glazer , Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Benjamin William Wallace , Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Higginbotham, Costa, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Jails typically house pretrial detainees, but in Louisiana, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) also regularly engages local parish jails to house convicted state prisoners. Five of the locally housed prisoners brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against local jail officials and DPSC...

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