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The United Daughters of the Confederacy then sought depositions from Steven Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, Matthew Linn, and Stormy Gage Watts, four of the seven liberal commissioners who voted for removal of the monument. Judge James quickly denied the request. He said that the reasons Jackson, Johnson, Linn, and Watts voted for removal are irrelevant to the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/udc-loses-latest-legal-fight-over-confederate-monument/|title=UDC Loses latest Legal Fight over Confederate Monument|publisher=KEEL (AM) [[radio]]|location=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]|date=March 28, 2018|author=Erin McCarty|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref>

The United Daughters of the Confederacy then sought depositions from Steven Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, Matthew Linn, and Stormy Gage Watts, four of the seven liberal commissioners who voted for removal of the monument. Judge James quickly denied the request. He said that the reasons Jackson, Johnson, Linn, and Watts voted for removal are irrelevant to the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/udc-loses-latest-legal-fight-over-confederate-monument/|title=UDC Loses latest Legal Fight over Confederate Monument|publisher=KEEL (AM) [[radio]]|location=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]|date=March 28, 2018|author=Erin McCarty|accessdate=March 29, 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 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, Judge 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>

On August 27, 2018, Judge 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>