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STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 0792
VERSUS
RANDY ANTHONY BROWN NOVEMBER 3, 2025
In Re: Randy Anthony Brown, applying for supervisory writs,
16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary, No.
2020-206243.
BEFORE : LANIER, WOLFE, AND HESTER, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. In 2025 KW 0367, this court did not order the
district court to provide relator with a free copy of documents.
Furthermore, the district court may decline to order production of
documents it normally provides even in the absence of a showing of
particularized need in cases, such as this one, in which the time
ilimitation period for the filing of an application for
postconviction relief has expired. See State ex rel. Fleury v.
State, 93-2898 (La. 10/13/95), 661 So.2d 488. Moreover, a writ
application arising in a criminal proceeding is not the proper
procedural vehicle to establish a right to records under the Public
Records Law. La. R.S. 44:1, et seq.; State ex rel. McKnight v.
State, 98-2258 (La. App. list Cir. 12/3/98), 742 So.2d 894, 895
(per curiam). Rather, an individual seeking to examine public
records must first make a request to the custodian of the records.
La. R.S. 44:31 and La. R.S. 44:32. If a request for public records
is denied by the custodian, before seeking relief from this court,
the person must first institute civil proceedings for a writ of
mandamus at the trial court level. See La. R.S. 44:35(A). Should
the person prevail, he should be prepared to pay the regular
service fees for copies of the documents. MeKnight, 742 So.2d at
895; State ex rel. Nash v. State, 604 So.2d 1054 (La. App. Ist
Cir. 1992).
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