Sharon Lewis v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT SHARON LEWIS NO. 2026 CW 0367 VERSUS LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY; GARRETT "HANK" DANOS, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; ROBERT "BOBBY" YARBOROUGH, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; STANELY JACOBS, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; JAMES WILLIAMS, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; MARY LEACH WERNER, IN HER INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; ROBERT DAMPP, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; REMY VOISIN STARNS, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; FIELDON KING "KING" ALEXANDER, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; WILLIAM JENKINS, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; TAYLOR PORTER BROOKS & PHILLIPS LLP, WILLIAM SHELBY MCKENZIE, INDIVIDUALLY; VICKI CROCHET, INDIVIDUALLY; ROBERT "BOB" BARTON, INDIVIDUALLY; LESLIE EDWIN "LES" MILES, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; JOSEPH "JOE" ALLEVA, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; SCOTT WOODWARD, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; VERGE AUSBERRY, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; MIRIAM SEGAR, IN HER MARCH 20, 2026 INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY; JOHN DOE (1-10) INDIVIDUALLY AND JANE DOE (10-20) INDIVIDUALLY In Re: Larry English, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 708092.

BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

HG TPS McClendon, C.J., dissents and would grant the writ, vacate the district court’s February 19, 2026 ruling which denied the Third Motion to Recuse filed by Sharon Lewis and Larry English, and remand to the district court with instructions to make a written request to the Louisiana Supreme Court pursuant to ha.

Code Civ. P. art. 154(B) for the appointment of an ad hoc judge to hear the motion to recuse.

FOR THE COURT