STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT LLOYD RICHARD NO. 2019 CW 0701

VERSUS

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SEP 17 2019 CORRECTIONS

In Re: Lloyd Richard, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 677066.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND CRAIN, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s March 27, 2019 judgment that dismissed Lloyd Richard' s action, with prejudice, is a final appealable judgment. La. Code Civ. P. art. 1841. The writ is granted for the limited purpose of

remanding this matter to the district court with instructions to grant Mr. Richard an appeal pursuant to his notice of intent to appeal. See In Re Howard, 541 So. 2d 195, 197 ( La. 1989) ( per curiam). In the event relator seeks to appeal the trial court' s judgment, he shall submit an order for appeal to the trial court by October 18, 2019. Additionally, a copy of this court' s order is to be included in the appellate record.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

D4UfYtCLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT