Roniel Don Antoine v. Timothy Soignet, et al.

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RONIEL DON ANTOINE CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS NO. 25-1971

TIMOTHY SOIGNET, ET AL. SECTION “T”(3) ORDER

The Court, having considered the Complaint, the record, the applicable law, the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, Rec. Doc. 26, and the failure of any party to file an objection to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge and adopts it as its opinion in this matter. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Antoine’s federal civil rights individual-capacity claims for excessive force against Deputy Lopez and bystander liability against Lieutenant Boudreaux are STAYED. It is FURTHER ORDERED the Clerk of Court mark this action CLOSED for statistical purposes. It is FURTHER ORDERED that, within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the state courts’ final ruling or judgment on Antoine’s state law criminal charges of threatening a public official or law enforcement officer and resisting a police officer with force or violence, any party shall move to reopen the matter for further proceedings consistent with Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). The failure timely to file the motion to reopen may waive Antoine’s opportunity to proceed with this civil action. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on 1 qualified immunity, R. Doc. 15, is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. New Orleans, Louisiana, this 16th day of July 2026.

EG GERARD GUIDRY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE