Batiste v. City of Baton Rouge

| gDefendants-appellants, City of Baton Rouge and Baton Rouge Pohce Department Officer Carl Alexander, appeal the trial court’s judgment awarding damages to plaintiff-appellee, Cedric Batiste, for personal injuries Batiste sustained when Alexander allegedly falsely arrested him. For the following reasons, we reverse and render judgment in favor of the City of Baton Rouge and Officer Carl Alexander.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 23, 2010, Alexander was assigned extra duty as a uniformed pohce officer at Capital Area Human Services, which deals with mental health patients, among…