Mulcahy v. State ex rel. Department of Corrections

EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiff, a former inmate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, sues the State of Louisiana through the Department of Corrections, for damages allegedly sustained as a result of a beating inflicted by prison guards, and subsequent mistreatment and lack of medical attention. From the trial court’s ruling dismissing his suit, plaintiff now appeals.

Plaintiff specifies as error the failure of the trial court to find in his favor in the following particulars: (1) the State’s employees beat the plaintiff; (2) the State falsely accused, sentenced, and punished plaintiff; (3) the…