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On May 14, 2018, Judge James again denied a motion to reconsider his January decision against the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The UDC's Shreveport chapter sued after the Caddo Parish Commission voted to remove the monument. The organization sought a preliminary injunction to stall removal pending a trial. Caddo Parish has yet to announce specific plans to move the structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/05/15/judges-refusal-block-statue-removal-stands/614029002/|title=Judge's refusal to block statue removal stands|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> On July 26, 2018, Judge James dismissed the UDC suit over ownership of the monument.<ref>KEEL Radio, July 26, 2018.</ref>

On May 14, 2018, Judge James again denied a motion to reconsider his January decision against the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The UDC's Shreveport chapter sued after the Caddo Parish Commission voted to remove the monument. The organization sought a preliminary injunction to stall removal pending a trial. Caddo Parish has yet to announce specific plans to move the structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/05/15/judges-refusal-block-statue-removal-stands/614029002/|title=Judge's refusal to block statue removal stands|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> On July 26, 2018, Judge James dismissed the UDC suit over ownership of the monument.<ref>KEEL Radio, July 26, 2018.</ref>

On August 27, 2018, James denied another motion from the UDC, this time to vacate his July ruling that the Caddo Parish government may remove the Confederate monument from the grounds of the parish courthouse. An appeal before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in [[New Orleans]] appears forthcoming, but there is no timetable for disposition of the appeal. Meanwhile, vandals used spray paint to post a vulgarity on the statue which referred to the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The UDC had the vulgarity removed. This marked the third instance of vandalism to the structure since 2015.<ref>{{cite web|ur=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/08/29/confederate-monument-vandalized-federal-judge-refused-reconsider-ruling/1132484002/|title=Caddo Confederate monument is vandalized; federal judge lets removal ruling stand|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|title=Caddo Confederate monument is vandalized; federal judge lets removal ruling stand|date=August 29, 2018|author=Nick Wooten|accessdate=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

On August 27, 2018, James denied another motion from the UDC, this time to vacate his July ruling that the Caddo Parish government may remove the Confederate monument from the grounds of the parish courthouse. An appeal before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in [[New Orleans]] appears forthcoming, but there is no timetable for disposition of the appeal. Meanwhile, vandals used spray paint to post a vulgarity on the statue which referred to the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The UDC had the vulgarity removed. This marked the third instance of vandalism to the structure since 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/08/29/confederate-monument-vandalized-federal-judge-refused-reconsider-ruling/1132484002/|title=Caddo Confederate monument is vandalized; federal judge lets removal ruling stand|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 29, 2018|author=Nick Wooten|accessdate=August 30, 2018}}</ref>

Another Confederate monument located in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish near [[Baton Rouge]] was erected in 1909 and standing at least thirty feet in height. This monument has come under challenge from an African-American suspect, Ronnie Anderson, who seeks a change of venue for his trial on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The request for another location for his trial is based on the belief that the monument "displayed prominently in front of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse sends a message to African Americans of intimidation and oppression, communicating that justice may not be fair and impartial at a courthouse that was nostalgic and sentimental over the institution of slavery that the Confederacy fought for in the American Civil War."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/38664611/man-seeks-change-of-venue-due-to-confederate-monument-outside-courthouse|title=Man seeks change of venue due to Confederate monument outside courthouse|publisher=WAFB.com|date=July 17, 2018|author=Cheryl Mercedes and Scottie Hunter|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>

Another Confederate monument located in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish near [[Baton Rouge]] was erected in 1909 and standing at least thirty feet in height. This monument has come under challenge from an African-American suspect, Ronnie Anderson, who seeks a change of venue for his trial on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The request for another location for his trial is based on the belief that the monument "displayed prominently in front of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse sends a message to African Americans of intimidation and oppression, communicating that justice may not be fair and impartial at a courthouse that was nostalgic and sentimental over the institution of slavery that the Confederacy fought for in the American Civil War."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/38664611/man-seeks-change-of-venue-due-to-confederate-monument-outside-courthouse|title=Man seeks change of venue due to Confederate monument outside courthouse|publisher=WAFB.com|date=July 17, 2018|author=Cheryl Mercedes and Scottie Hunter|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>