Banks v. Preston Humphrey, LLC

ORDER

Robert Banks, a Louisiana prisoner, is suing Alok Kale, the court-appointed attorney who represented him in a 2003 drug prosecution. Along with Kale, Banks has also sued Kale’s former law firm, Preston Humphrey, LLC, and an unnamed insurance company. He brings only state-law claims — breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud, and fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment — and seeks damages. The district court dismissed Banks’s claims against Kale and the insurance company without prejudice for failure to serve, and dismissed the claims against Preston Humphrey with prejudice for…