Booth v. Jefferson

| t STEWART, J.

Plaintiff, Kenneth Fletcher Booth, challenged the qualifications Larry Jefferson as candidate for the position of Monroe City Court Division A. Formerly a Monroe City Court Judge, Jefferson was removed from judicial office pursuant to the order of the Louisiana Supreme Court rendered on January 19, 2000 in In re Judge Larry D. Jefferson, 99-1313 (La.1/19/00), 753 So.2d 181. Mr. Booth based his challenge on Rule XXIII, § 26 of the Louisiana Supreme Court, which states that any former judge who has been removed from office by the Supreme Court pursuant to La. Const, art. 5, §…