Legal Opinion
Juengain v. Tervalon
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 26, 2017No. 2017-CA-0155PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Rosemary Ledet.
11 This is a legal malpractice case. The plaintiff, Gary Juengain, filed this action against the following three defendants: Harry Tervalon, Bryant Woods, and the Orleans Indigent Defender Program (the “OIDP”)1 (collectively the “Defendants”). The trial court, arm sponte, dismissed the suit as abandoned pursuant to La, O.C.P. art. 561. From that ruling, Mr. Juengain appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On August 25, 2008, Mr. Juengain—now incarcerated in Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana—filed a petition for…
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