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6/29/01

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 99-CC-2559

MICHAEL WAYNE POPE Versus STATE OF LOUISIANA ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

LEMMON, Justice* This is an action against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DOC), and others to recover damages for physical injuries sustained by plaintiff while he was incarcerated at a state correctional institution. The principal issue is whether the Corrections Administrative Remedy Procedure (CARP), La. Rev. Stat. 15:1171-1179, violates La. Const. art. V,

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