Page McClendon
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2002 - Present
2032
22
Page McClendon (Republican Party) is a judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District. She assumed office on October 5, 2002. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.
McClendon (Republican Party) won re-election for judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
McClendon graduated from Sophie Newcomb College in 1978 with a B.A. After attending the London School of Economics, she enrolled at Tulane University School of Law, where she received her J.D. in 1981. While at Tulane she served on the Moot Court Board.[1]
Career
Judge McClendon worked as lawyer in private practice before becoming a judge. She practiced with the firms of Deutsch, Kerrigan, & Stiles and Porteous, Hainkel, Johnson, & Sarpy. She started her own law firm in 1990. She also worked as a felony prosecutor for the 21st Judicial District[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Page McClendon (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
McCledon was re-elected to the First Circuit Court of Appeal after running unopposed in 2012.[2]
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Page McClendon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy cases
Court upholds jury verdict in police brutality case (2015)
In 2007, a noise complaint came in to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Officer Nathan Davis was dispatched. He found Brian Townsend at the address where loud music was playing. Townsend was intoxicated and, according to Davis, was noncompliant and had an attitude. Davis tackled Townsend to the ground when he resisted arrest, subsequently injuring Townsend. The tackle was so rough that Townsend allegedly defecated on himself. When he reached the hospital, Townsend was found to have a torn bladder.
Townsend sued, claiming that Davis acted pursuant to his job, during the course and scope of his duties. The East Baton Rouge Parish, however, argued that Davis' actions were not part of his training and, therefore, he was acting outside the scope of his duties in forcibly arresting Townsend as he did. A jury sided with the parish, but did find that Davis used excessive force. The jury awarded Townsend $239,000 in actual damages. He did not receive punitive damages for any pain and suffering. District Judge Todd Hernandez, however, overturned the portion of the jury verdict finding that Davis acted outside the scope of his job. It is that ruling that the parish appealed.
The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal reviewed the case. It issued an opinion in April 2015, finding that the evidence supported overturning the jury finding and the award of damages. Judge Page McClendon wrote for the three-judge panel. She said a reasonable jury had no other option but to find that Davis acted during the course and scope of his duties; he was responding to a complaint in his official capacity.
| “ | The record shows that the nature of the offense was nothing more serious than a noise complaint, a citation-only offense, with no requirement that Townsend be taken into custody. While Townsend may have had an ‘attitude’ and failed to comply with the officers’ requests, there was no evidence...to suggest a heightened sense of caution in the reason, manner, and execution of the arrest.[3] | ” |
| —Judge Page McClendon[4] | ||
Davis was fired by the police department and served time on a civil rights violation conviction in this case.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Legalspan.com, "Hon. Page McClendon," accessed April 25, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Database," accessed April 25, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Advocate, "Appellate court lets stand jury award in alleged police brutality case against former Baton Rouge police officer," April 21, 2015
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