STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT r s;:; * NO. 2021 CW 0809

VERSUS

SGT. ERIC BURCH AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OCTOBER 18, 2021 AND CORRECTIONS, RAYBURN CORRECTIONAL CENTER

In Re: Deorbra Woods, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington, No. 114836.

BEFORE: LANIER, WOLFE, AND BURRIS,' JJ.

STAY DENIED; WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s ruling, which granted declinatory the exception of insufficient service

of process filed by defendants, Sergeant Eric Burch and State of Louisiana through Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Rayburn Correctional Institute, is reversed. La. R. S. 39: 1538 does not require that the Office of Risk Management be served with citation and process, but only that it be served with process. Accordingly, the declinatory exception of

insufficient service of process filed by defendants is denied.

WIL EW WJB

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

D PUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT

1 Judge William J. Burris, retired, serving pro tempore by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.