Phillips v. Gibbs

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

The pro se plaintiff, Theodore J. Phillips, appeals the trial court judgment granting an exception of no cause of action in favor of defendant, Craig Gibbs, and denying plaintiffs motion to compel discov ery. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Mr. Phillips, who has been incarcerated throughout these proceedings, filed a petition for damages against Steven Halbert, private investigator, and Craig Gibbs, attorney at law. The petition alleges that Mr. Phillips paid five hundred dollars to Mr. Halbert to investigate his criminal case, but that he failed…