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BATON ROUGE -- Jordan Faircloth, a candidate for the open Division E seat in the 19th Judicial District, will file for a recount he said Sunday after his opponent claimed victory with two votes in a runoff election.
A Louisiana judge’s lawsuit against his 19th Judicial District colleagues over seniority rules and civil court assignments was dismissed last week after a special judge concluded judges are immune from being sued over such administrative actions.
A Baton Rouge judge who is suing his 19th Judicial District colleagues over their decision not to assign him civil cases is alleging that his fellow judges may be using public funds inappropriately to pay their defense attorneys.
The two sides in the legal fight over the incorporation of St. George could once again not come to an agreement. This time it was about whether to appoint a commissioner to fill in for the judge in their case who is retiring.
Kevon Clarke, 19, of Norristown, Pa., is the focus of a manhunt after an outside dispute over missing liquor turned into gunfire and a 25-year-old man eating Thanksgiving dinner in a home nearby was killed by a stray bullet that pierced a window.