*1 STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT 2022 CW 0146 LYNDON LASITER NO. VERSUS

CYRUS CHIASSON, BRETT

CHIASSON, WILLIAM Z. MAY 13, 2022 BUCKNER, AND ELIZABETH BUCKNER

In Re: Lyndon Lasiter, applying for supervisory writs, Baton

Rouge City Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 201903088.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, HOLDRIDGE, AND CHUTZ, JJ. The city court' s December 1, 2021

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. ruling denying the motion for summary judgment filed by the plaintiff, Lyndon Lasiter, is vacated. Considering the unique circumstances caused by Hurricane Ida and Covid- 19 restrictions and closures, especially in light of the fact the office of the attorney for the defendant is located in St. John the Baptist Parish which was devastated by Hurricane Ida, and because of the city court' s concerns, it should have continued the hearing on the motion for summary judgment so that the opposition would have been timely filed and the mover would have been able to file an objection to any document in a timely filed reply memorandum. La. Code Civ. P. art. 966( C)( 2) and ( D)( 2). This matter is remanded to the city court with instructions to re -set the motion for summary judgment in accordance with the mandatory guidelines established in Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 966.

JMG GH WRC *2 COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT

FOR THE COURT