Case Name: STATE EX REL. Joseph Lloyd WARD v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2018-09-21
Citations: 252 So. 3d 887
Docket Number: No. 2017-KH-0978
Parties: STATE EX REL. Joseph Lloyd WARD
v.
STATE of Louisiana
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 252
Pages: 887–887

Head Matter:
STATE EX REL. Joseph Lloyd WARD
v.
STATE of Louisiana
No. 2017-KH-0978
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 21, 2018
ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF RAPIDES

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Writ granted in part. The court of appeal is ordered to allow relator a reasonable amount of time to supplement his application with the appropriate supporting documentation and to consider his pro se filing on the merits. Cf. State ex rel. Johnson v. Maggio , 440 So.2d 1336, 1337 (La. 1983) (pro se petitioner "is not to be denied access to the courts for review of his case on the merits by the overzealous application of form and pleading requirements or hyper-technical interpretations of court rules.").
GUIDRY, J., would deny.