Kendrick Lacoste v. Sgt. Benjamin Barnes

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT KENDRICK LACOSTE AND KENNETH NO. 2026 CW 0085 LACOSTE VERSUS STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FEBRUARY 23, 2026 CORRECTIONS, LOUISIANA STATE PRISON In Re: Kendrick Lacoste, Kenneth Lacoste, Kiara Lacoste, Kalil Desilva and Satonia Lacoste, applying for supervisory writs, 20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana, No. 23344. BEFORE : LANIER, WOLFE, AND HESTER, JJ. STAY DENIED; WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court’s December 29, 2025 judgment which granted the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Sgt. Benjamin Barnes, Cadet Quatangelia Anderson, Lt. Tammy McDonald, and Sgt. Twyla Ware, and dismissed plaintiffs’ claims against those defendants, is an appealable judgment. Thus, the writ application is granted for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the district court with instructions to grant an appeal to plaintiffs, Kendrick Lacoste, Kenneth Lacoste, Kiara Lacoste, Kalil Desilva, and Satonia Lacoste, pursuant to their notice of intent to seek supervisory writs. See In Re Howard, 541 So.2d 195 (La. 1989) (per curiam). Additionally, a copy of this court’s order is to be included in the appellate record. WIL EW CHH yeQuURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT cel net | COURT FOR THE COURT