Case Name: STATE ex rel. Melvin ALLEN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-08-19
Citations: 510 So. 2d 383
Docket Number: No. 87-KH-1764
Parties: STATE ex rel. Melvin ALLEN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 510
Pages: 383–383

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Melvin ALLEN v. Frank C. BLACKBURN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 87-KH-1764.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 19, 1987.

Opinion:
In re Allen, Melvin; applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs of mandamus; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. "H".
The relator represents that the district court has failed to act timely on an application he has filed for post-conviction relief. If relator's representation is correct, the district court is ordered to consider and act on the application.