Jacob Martin v. Cadet Cassandra Green and State of Louisiana through Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Rayburn Correctional Center

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
JACOB MARTIN NO. 2024 CW 0217

VERSUS

CADET CASSANDRA GREEN AND
STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CORRECTIONS RAYBURN JUNE 17, 2024
CORRECTIONAL CENTER

In Re: Jacob Martin, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington, No.
115694.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, C.J., McCLENDON AND WELCH, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court's October 6,
2023 judgment sustaining the declinatory exception of
insufficiency of service of process and dismissing without
prejudice plaintiff Jacob Martin's claims against defendant the
State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Public
Safety and Corrections Rayburn Correctional Center, is a final,
appealable judgment. See La. Code Civ. P. art. 1915(A); Miller
v. Hirstius, 2022-0740 (La. App. 1st Cir. 3/15/23), 363 So.3d
532, 536, n. 2. Therefore, the writ is granted for the limited
purpose of remanding this matter to the district court with
instructions to grant an appeal to plaintiff, Jacob Martin,
pursuant to the pleading that notified the district court of his
intention to seek writs. See In re Howard, 541 So. 2d 195 (La.
198 9) (per curiam) . 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