Case Name: Joseph Vernon FOSTER, Jr. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1982-10-12
Citations: 421 So. 2d 320
Docket Number: No. 15051
Parties: Joseph Vernon FOSTER, Jr. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
Judges: Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 421
Pages: 320–321

Head Matter:
Joseph Vernon FOSTER, Jr. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
No. 15051.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
Oct. 12, 1982.
Joseph Vernon Foster, Jr., pro se.
P. David Guarisco, III, La. Dept, of Justice, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Louisiana Dept, of Corrections.
Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.

Opinion:
COVINGTON, Judge.
This appeal was fixed for argument and all parties and all attorneys of record were notified. At the time scheduled for argument, the appellant was not present or represented, nor had any brief been filed on behalf of appellant, nor had any motion been filed for continuance.
On authority of Rule VII, Section 5(b), this Court EX PROPRIO MOTU, considers this appeal as abandoned; therefore, it is ordered that this appeal be dismissed with prejudice.
APPEAL DISMISSED.