Corey Michelli v. Kathy Sullivan

Summary

The Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, denied a stay and granted supervisory relief in consolidated protection-order proceedings involving Kathy Sullivan and Donald Sullivan. The court held that the March 26, 2026 and April 1, 2026 orders of protection were appealable and remanded with instructions for the trial court to grant appeals to the defendants. The court also reversed any trial-court stay of the protection orders and denied the relators’ stay requests.

Holdings

1. The orders of protection signed on March 26, 2026, and April 1, 2026, were appealable.
2. The matter was remanded for the trial court to grant appeals to Donald Sullivan and Kathy Sullivan pursuant to the pleadings notifying the trial court of their intention to seek supervisory writs.
3. Any trial-court order staying provisions of the orders of protection was reversed, and the relators' requests for stays filed in the court of appeal were denied.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the orders of protection entered on March 26, 2026, and April 1, 2026, were appealable.
2. Whether the trial court could stay provisions of the orders of protection during the pendency of an appeal.
3. Whether the defendants' pleadings notifying the trial court of their intent to seek supervisory writs could support an order granting appeals.

Disposition

writ_granted