Herbert v. Regan

GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

This is an action by a prison inmate against his former attorney for his alleged failure to prosecute plaintiffs appeal from his criminal conviction. Also named as defendants are the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) and its legal counsel, who allegedly failed to investigate plaintiffs complaints about the attorney. From judgments dismissing the claims against all defendants on exceptions of no cause of action and a motion for summary judgment, plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

Warren Herbert, an inmate at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, filed suit on April 22, 1987,…