Opinion
NO. 2017-C-0759
05-01-2018
DALE BROWN v. DAVID HEINTZ, STEVEN VERRETT, AND ARTHUR LAWSON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITYAS THE CHIEF FOR POLICE FOR THE CITY OF GRETNA
BROWN, J., CONCURS IN THE RESULT WITH REASONS.
I concur with the majority and find the district court erred in denying Relator's peremptory exception of prescription. I write separately to express that while I am constrained to rule in accordance with current jurisprudence, I do find, however, the outcome in this case troubling as it deprives Plaintiff of his day in court. I am in agreement with current Chief Justice Johnson's and former Chief Justice Calogero's dissents in Skipper v. Boothe, 08-1292, pp. 1-2 (La. 10/3/08), 991 So.2d 462, 463-64 (dissenting Calogero, C.J., and Johnson, J.), that Louisiana should adopt the "mailbox rule" for all pro se inmate filings.