Case Name: Maurice GIBBS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2009-01-30
Citations: 999 So. 2d 1137
Docket Number: No. 2008-CI-0815
Parties: Maurice GIBBS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 999
Pages: 1137–1137

Head Matter:
Maurice GIBBS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.
No. 2008-CI-0815.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 30, 2009.

Opinion:
In re Gibbs, Maurice; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. M, No. 533,-362; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2007 CW 1066.
Writ granted. If it has not already done so, the court of appeal is ordered to reach the merits of relator's filing so as to afford him reasonable access to the courts. La. Const. art. I, Section 22; Canter v. Cain, 99-2349 (La.1/28/00), 753 So.2d 225; Smith v. Terrell, 97-0640 (La.9/5/97), 699 So.2d 74; State ex rel. Johnson v. Maggio, 440 So.2d 1336, 1337 (La.1983); Smith v. Cajun Insulation, 392 So.2d 398, 402 n. 2 (La.1980).