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BILLIZONE v. JEFFERSON PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Civil Action No. 14-2594.

ERNEST BILLIZONE, SR. v. JEFFERSON PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ET AL., SECTION: "C"(1).

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

December 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Billizone, Sr., Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Newell Normand, Sheriff, Defendant, represented by Daniel Rault Martiny , Martiny & Associates.

ORDER

SALLY SHUSHAN, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff has filed a motion asking that the Court certify this matter as a class action. Rec. Doc. 5. However, it is clear that pro se litigants should not be allowed to serve as class representatives. As the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has noted:

Under Rule 23(a)(4) [of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure], a class representative must "fairly and adequately...

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