STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT RICKEY EVANS NO. 2023 CW 0736 VERSUS JAMES M. LEBLANC, SECRETARY OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 CORRECTIONS

In Re: Rickey Evans, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 728510.

BEFORE: THERIOT, PENZATO, AND GREENE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The trial court's June 20, 2023 judgment that dismissed Rickey Evans's action is a final, appealable judgment. La. R.S. 15:1177. The writ is granted for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the trial court with instructions to grant Mr. Evans 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 on or before October 11, 2023. 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 CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT