STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT HENRY HICKSON NO. 2025 CW 0539 VERSUS LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, JAMES E. SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 LEBLANC, SECRETARY In Re: Henry Hickson, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 720509.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court’s October 4, 2023 judgment which granted the exception of improper venue and ordered this matter transferred to West Feliciana Parish did not address the assessment or payment of the court costs. The district court is instructed to set and tax the court costs in this matter to facilitate the transfer as previously ordered by the court.

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