Taylor v. City of Leesville

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Taylor v. City of Leesville

99 So. 3d 16, 2012 WL 4769068, 2012 La. LEXIS 2690

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedOctober 8, 2012

DocketNo. 2012-CC-1162

StatusPublished

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Taylor v. City of Leesville, 99 So. 3d 16, 2012 WL 4769068, 2012 La. LEXIS 2690 (La. 2012).

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PER CURIAM.

| (Writ granted. The lower courts’ decisions are reversed. The trial court found the plaintiff committed a felony at the time she was assaulted and raped by inmates when she attempted to provide an inmate with a cellular phone in violation La.Rev. Stat. § 14:402(E). Because the plaintiff engaged in committing a felony, defendants are entitled to immunity under La. Rev.Stat. § 9:2800.10(A). The “excessive force” exception provided for in La.Rev. Stat. § 9:2800.10(B) does not apply to the present case. For a use of force to constitute “excessive force,” the actor must first have the right to use reasonable force under the circumstances. As the inmates did not have the right to use any force in committing a rape, the term is inapplicable to the inmates’ conduct, and plaintiffs injury does not fall under the exception of La.Rev.Stat. § 9:2800.10(B). The defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Accordingly, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is hereby granted.

WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.

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PER CURIAM.

| (Writ granted. The lower courts’ decisions are reversed. The trial court found the plaintiff committed a felony at the time she was assaulted and raped by inmates when she attempted to provide an inmate with a cellular phone in violation La.Rev. Stat. § 14:402(E). Because the plaintiff engaged in committing a felony, defendants are entitled to immunity under La. Rev.Stat. § 9:2800.10(A). The “excessive force” exception provided for in La.Rev. Stat. § 9:2800.10(B) does not apply to the present case. For a use of force to constitute “excessive force,” the actor must first have the right to use reasonable force under the circumstances. As the inmates did not have the right to use any force in committing a rape, the term is inapplicable to the inmates’ conduct, and plaintiffs injury does not fall under the exception of La.Rev.Stat. § 9:2800.10(B). The defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Accordingly, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is hereby granted.

WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.

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