Deorbra Woods v. Sgt. Eric Burch and State of Louisiana through Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Rayburn Correctional Center

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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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.