Galbraith v. Hooper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SAMUEL GALBRAITH CIVIL ACTION NO. VERSUS 19-181-JWD-EWD TIMOTHY HOOPER, ET AL. RULING This matter comes before the Court on Emergency Motion for Stay of Judgment and Release Order Pending Appeal (Doc. 23) and Ex Parte Motion for Expedited Hearing (Doc. 24) filed by Timothy Hooper, Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary. Samuel Galbraith pled guilty in 2000 in Vernon Parish to manslaughter and attempted aggravated rape, receiving a total sentence of seventy-one (71) years. On November 3, 2016, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole…