Greenwald v. Cantrell, et al

Filing 169

ORDER AND REASONS denying 151 Motion for Settlement Conference. The motion is denied, as set forth herein. Signed by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo on 03/06/2025. (ko)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
KENDRA GREENWALD

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO: 22-2371

LATOYA CANTRELL ET AL.

SECTION “H”

ORDER AND REASONS
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Settlement Conference (Doc.
151). The full facts of this case have been outlined in prior orders. 1 Relevant
here is merely that after a series of motions to dismiss, Plaintiff Kendra
Greenwald’s claim for violation of her substantive due process rights survives.
The State Defendants have filed an interlocutory appeal of this Court’s failure
to dismiss Plaintiff’s substantive due process claim on Heck v. Humphrey or
sovereign immunity grounds. 2 In light of the appeal, this Court stayed all
discovery against the State Defendants. 3
In the instant Motion, Plaintiff seeks an order requiring the parties to
attend an early settlement conference with the magistrate judge. Given the
1 Docs. 69, 138.

2 The “State Defendants” are Attorney General Liz Murrill; Deputy Superintendent of

Louisiana State Police Chris Eskew; Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety
and Corrections James M. LeBlanc; Superintendent of Louisiana State Police Robert Hodges
(collectively, the “State Defendants”).
3 Doc. 163.
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stay of discovery and the pending issue of sovereign immunity, the Court finds
that requiring the parties to attend a settlement conference would be
premature and unproductive at this time.
Accordingly;
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Settlement Conference is
DENIED.

New Orleans, Louisiana this 6th day of March, 2025.

____________________________________
JANE TRICHE MILAZZO
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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