Case Name: Felix A. PRICE v. Johnny CREED et al. Department of Corrections
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2007-02-16
Citations: 949 So. 2d 404
Docket Number: No. 2006-CI-0629
Parties: Felix A. PRICE v. Johnny CREED et al. Department of Corrections.
Judges: CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ in part; otherwise deny. He would have district court ordered to appoint counsel for relator, hold the hearing in which it would determine whether relator has a valid medical reason not to shave, and if he does, whether the requirement that he shave, whatever his security classification, violates the Eighth Amendment and La. Const, art. I, section 20.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 949
Pages: 404–404

Head Matter:
Felix A. PRICE v. Johnny CREED et al. Department of Corrections.
No. 2006-CI-0629.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 16, 2007.

Opinion:
In re Price, Felix; — Plaintiff; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. I, No. 498,445; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2004 CA 2192.
Denied.
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ in part; otherwise deny. He would have district court ordered to appoint counsel for relator, hold the hearing in which it would determine whether relator has a valid medical reason not to shave, and if he does, whether the requirement that he shave, whatever his security classification, violates the Eighth Amendment and La. Const, art. I, section 20.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ in part; otherwise deny. She would have district court ordered to appoint counsel for relator, hold the hearing in which it would determine whether relator has a valid medical reason not to shave, and if he does, whether the requirement that he shave, whatever his security classification, violates the Eighth Amendment and La. Const, art. I, section 20.