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Maurice GIBBS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS

Louisiana Supreme Court2009-01-30No. No. 2008-CI-0815
999 So. 2d 1137

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In re Gibbs, Maurice; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. M, No. 533,-362; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2007 CW 1066.

Writ granted. If it has not already done so, the court of appeal is ordered to reach the merits of relator’s filing so as to afford him reasonable access to the courts. La. Const. art. I, Section 22; Canter v. Cain, 99-2349 (La.1/28/00), 753 So.2d 225; Smith v. Terrell, 97-0640 (La.9/5/97), 699 So.2d 74; State ex rel. Johnson v. Maggio, 440 So.2d 1336, 1337 (La.1983); Smith v. Cajun Insulation, 392 So.2d 398, 402 n. 2 (La.1980).