Louisiana judge halts state police plans to clear New Orleans homeless camps before Thanksgiving

Judge halts cleanup of homeless camp in downtown New Orleans

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New Orleans judge issues another temporary restraining order to halt homeless encampment sweeps

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Another planned sweep of New Orleans' homeless population has come to a halt. An Orleans Parish judge has issued a temporary restraining order to prevent state police and other agencies from clearing the encampments about two weeks after Gov. Jeff Landry called for the sweep’s completion. This is the second time a temporary restraining order has been issued. The first one was granted in October after crews began their sweep …

Louisiana judge halts state police plans to clear New Orleans homeless camps before Thanksgiving

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana civil court judge on Monday halted state agencies’ plans to forcibly clear homeless encampments in New Orleans. Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Ethel Julien issued a temporary restraining order blocking state police and two other agencies from evicting homeless people from their encampments in New Orleans or seizing their property without following city laws and due process. Republican Gov. Jeff Lan…

Louisiana judge blocks state plans to clear out New Orleans homeless encampments

Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry earlier this month pushed the city of New Orleans to clear out the homeless encampments ahead of the upcoming holiday, and threatened to intervene if they failed to do so.

State police again barred from homeless sweeps amid effort to clear French Quarter • Louisiana Illuminator

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks to Gov. Jeff Landry at a news conference Sept. 13, 2024, on the recovery from Hurricane Francine at Signature Aviation in Kenner. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)NEW ORLEANS — An Orleans Parish judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday against the Louisiana State Police, days after state troopers distributed flyers to homeless residents in the French Quarter warning them to vacate or else face …

State police again barred from homeless sweeps amid effort to clear French Quarter

An Orleans Parish judge on Monday (Nov. 25)  issued a temporary restraining order against the Louisiana State Police, days after state troopers distributed flyers to homeless residents in the French Quarter warning them to vacate or else face legal action. The order by Judge Ethel Julien bars state troopers and two other state agencies from engaging in sweeps of unhoused residents or seizures of their property. The order follows a request from t…