Romaguera v. Gegenheimer

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1991, Phyllis Romaguera and two other employees of the Jefferson Parish Clerk’s Office (“plaintiffs”) brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Governor of Louisiana and Jon Gegenheimer (“Gegenheimer”), in his official capacity as the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court. The plaintiffs sought to enjoin the drug-testing policy at the clerk’s office and to have Louisiana’s statute regulating public-sector drug testing declared unconstitutional. The plaintiffs also requested attorneys’ fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

The plaintiffs filed a motion requesting…