Legal Opinion
Arce v. Louisiana
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 22, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION No. 16-14003PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SECTION I
ORDER AND REASONS
LANCE M. AFRICK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is a motion1 to dismiss filed by defendant Jefferson Parish. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.
I
According to the complaint and sworn affidavits submitted by plaintiffs, Nelson Arce (“Nelson”) and Lazaro Arce (“Lazaro”), Nelson is a deaf person whose primary, preferred, and most effective means of communication is American Sign Language (“ASL”). Nelson and his father, Lazaro, filed this lawsuit against the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections…
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