State of Louisiana Ex Rel. Raymond H. Kimble, III v. Todd Schliem, Chief (Mandeville Police Department)

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. NO. 2025 CW 1181
RAYMOND H. KIMBLE, III

VERSUS

TODD SCHLIEM, CHIEF

(MANDEVILLE POLICE

DEPARTMENT); J. COLLINS

SIMS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY (ST.

TAMMANY PARISH DISTRICT

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE), RANDY MARCH 9, 2026
SMITH, SHERIFF (ST. TAMMANY

PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE)

in Re: Raymond H. Kimble, III, applying for supervisory writs,
22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No.
25-13141.

BEFORE : MILLER, EDWARDS, AND FIELDS, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER AND DENIED IN PART. The
district court’s September 11 and September 30, 2025 judgments
which granted the exceptions of no cause of action and no right of
action and dismissed all claims against defendants, Sheriff Randy
Smith and Todd Schliem, Chief (Mandeville Police Department), are
appealable judgments. Thus, the writ application is granted for
the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the district court
with instructions to grant an appeal to plaintiff, Raymond H.
Kimble, III, pursuant to his notice of intent to seek supervisory
writs. See In Re Howard, 541 So.2d 195 (La. 1989) (per curiam).
Additionally, a copy of this court’s order is to be included in
the appellate record. The writ is denied in all other respects.
However, this court notes that the district court orally denied
the petition for mandamus at the hearing on August 7, 2025, and
although a judgment was ordered by the court, the writ application
did not include a judgment denying the petition for mandamus. Once
a judgment with proper decretal language is signed dismissing
plaintiff’s petition for mandamus relief, that judgment will be
final and appealable. See LA Contracting Enter., LLC v. S.
Lafourche Levee Dist., 2024-0272 (La. App. Ist Cir. 12/20/24), 404
So.3d 898, 902.

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