WOODS v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 2009 CA 1592.

38 So.3d 1000 (2010)

Richard L. WOODS v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OFFICE OF THE STATE POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Lemke, III, Harrisonburg, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Richard L. Woods.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, F. Jonathan Rice, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, State of Louisiana through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police.

Before PARRO, KUHN, and McDONALD, JJ.


McDONALD, J.

The plaintiff in this matter appeals a district court judgment sustaining the defendant's exception raising the objection of res judicata and dismissing his suit without prejudice.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This litigation arises out of the seizure of currency, allegedly derived from illegal drug transactions, by the state police in Ouachita Parish on March 3, 2004. In June 2004, the...

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