Lay v. McElven

JaSHORTESS, Judge.

Richard Lay filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Louisiana tort law, alleging deprivation of his civil rights, against Patrick J. Canulette, the sheriff of St. Tammany Parish; the Louisiana Parole Board; Loren McElven, his parole officer; and James M. Yarbrough, McElven’s supervisor. Ronald Bonvillian, chairman of the Parole Board, and McElven filed exceptions of no cause of action, lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and prematurity, which were granted.

While the exceptions were pending, Lay filed a pleading entitled “Ex parte Request to Consider Counsel,” in which he…