Case Name: STATE ex rel. Joseph BIRDEN v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2016-03-14
Citations: 186 So. 3d 656
Docket Number: No. 2016-KH-0067
Parties: STATE ex rel. Joseph BIRDEN v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 186
Pages: 656–656

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Joseph BIRDEN v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2016-KH-0067.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
March 14, 2016.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
11WRIT. NOT CONSIDERED. Untimely filed pursuant to La.S.Ct. Rule X § 5.
Relator has now exhausted his right to obtain post-conviction relief in state court. Similar to federal habeas- relief, see 28 U.S.C. § 2244, Louisiana post-conviction procedure'envisions the filing of a second or successive application only under the narrow circumstances provided in- La. C.Cr.P. art. 930.4 and within the limitations period as set out in La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.8. Notably, the Legislature in 2013 La. Acts 251 amended that article to make the procedural bars -against successive filings .mandatory. Relator has filed an application for post-conviction relief in the District Court, and the District Court's ruling denying relief is now final. Hereafter, unless he can -show that one of the narrow exceptions-authorizing the filing of a successive application applies, relator has exhausted, his right to state collateral review. The District Court is ordered to record a minute entry consistent with this per curiam.