Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-22 11:05:29.080015+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

                     COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

THE    RECREATION                    AND         PARK                                                          NO.            2023      CW      0220
COMMISSION                    FOR    THE         PARISH               OF
EAST       BATON              ROUGE

VERSUS

SID    J.        GAUTREAUX,                 III,            IN                                                      JUNE            20,       2023
HIS    CAPACITY                 AS     SHERIFF               OF
EAST       BATON              ROUGE        PARISH

In    Re:                 Sheriff                Sid         J.        Gautreaux,                 IIi,        in     his           capacity            as

                          Sheriff            of        East            Baton          Rouge        Parish          and        as     Ex       Officio
                          Collector               of        East           Baton        Rouge       Parish          Ad    Valorem               Taxes,
                          applying for supervisory                                         writs,        19th       Judicial              District
                          Court,           Parish            of        East          Baton       Rouge,       No.     725439.

BEFORE:                   GUIDRYI           C. J.,           MCCLENDON AND                       WELCH,       JJ.

           WRIT           GRANTED                WITH         ORDER.                  The         trial                                                6,
                                                                                                              court'          s    February
2023        judgment                 denying                the        motion           to       recuse        Judge              Johnson          filed
by     Sid           J.       Gautreaux,                    III,           In     His      Capacity            As     Sheriff                 Of    East
Baton        Rouge             Parish (               Sheriff)                  is    vacated.               Pursuant              to     La.       Code
Civ.        P.       art.           154( B),           if         a    motion           to       recuse        sets       forth           a     ground

for     recusal                 under            Article                   151,       the         judge       shall           either            recuse

himself or make                        a     written                  request           to    the       Louisiana                 Supreme          Court
for    the            appointment                     of      an        ad       hoc       judge.             The    Sheriff' s                motion

set    forth              grounds            of       recusal                  under       La.     Cade       Civ.       P.        art.       151( B),

asserting                 a    substantial                    and          objective              basis       for    recusal              based        on
Judge            Johnson' s                 previous                   service               as     a        board       member               on     the
defendant' s                   board.                 This            matter          is     remanded          to     the           trial          court

with        instructions                         to         make           a    written            request          to        the       Louisiana
Supreme              Court           pursuant                to        La.       Code        Civ.       P.    art.        154( B)             for    the
appointment                    of    an     ad        hoc         judge         to     hear       the motion             to        recuse.

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