Blackwell v. LA. DEPT. OF PUB. SAFETY

690 So.2d 137 (1997)

Rodney O. BLACKWELL

v.

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, Richard L. Stalder, Secretary and John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola.

Nos. 96 CA 0954, 96 CA 0955.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 14, 1997.

Christopher J. Fransen, New Orleans, for Appellant Plaintiff Rodney O. Blackwell.

Rose Polito Wooden, Baton Rouge, for Appellee Defendant Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and FOIL and FOGG, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether the Corrections…