No. 18-8674

Dewayne Montgomery v. Garry Lewis Properties

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2019-04-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process landlord-tenant precedent slum-landlords standing summary-judgment tenant-rights tenants
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court of appeal's decision below, which effectively shifted the burden of proof onto Petitioner, a non-moving party at the summary judgment stage, without adequate discovery, is contrary to established precedent

Question Presented (from Petition)

No question identified. : | QUESTIONG) PRESENTED | | (i) Whether the court of appeal’s decision below, whi h effectively s ifted the burden of proof onto Petitioner, a non morng py at the nen _ : ’ judgment stage, without adequate discovery, is|contrary to established . precedent. | (ii) | Whether the inequitable nature of the erroneous decision, as well as its adverse effect on tenants in the State of Louisiat a and nationwide, who ; rely on protection from slum landlords, merits this Court’s review. : | | | | | : po | | | : | . 4 |

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-04-29
Waiver of right of respondent Garry Lewis Properties to respond filed.
2019-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 2, 2019)

Attorneys

Dewayne Montgomery
Dewayne Montgomery — Petitioner
Dewayne Montgomery — Petitioner
Garry Lewis Properties
Drake L. LewisDrake L. Lewis, Respondent
Drake L. LewisDrake L. Lewis, Respondent