STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT DONOVAN TAPLETTE NO. 2020 CW 0213 VERSUS

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS MAY 12 2020 In Re: Donovan Taplette, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 675377.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s October 29, 2019 judgment that dismissed Donovan Taplette' s action, with prejudice, is a final appealable judgment. La. R. S. 15: 1177. The writ is granted for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the district court with instructions to grant Mr. Taplette an appeal pursuant to his notice of intent to apply for writ of review. 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 June 12, 2020. 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

DEPUTY CLE K OF COURT FOR THE COURT