# Hatcher v. Rouse

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · February 1, 2017 · 16 La.App. 4 Cir. 0666

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4835075

## Case

- **Full name:** Gerald HATCHER v. Jeffrey ROUSE, M.D.
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** February 1, 2017
- **Citations:** 16 La.App. 4 Cir. 0666; 211 So. 3d 431; 2017 La. App. LEXIS 130; 2017 WL 431780
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Landrieu
- **Judges:** Dysart, Edwards, Landrieu, Tempore
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LANDRIEU, J.,
CONCURS IN THE RESULT WITH REASONS.
hThe appellant brought a mandamus action against the Orleans Parish Coroner seeking production of certain public documents. A mandamus proceeding is the proper procedural mechanism for ordering the release of public records. La. R.S. 44:35. The Coroner responded to the appellant’s request for public records stating that the documents requested were not in the custody of the Coroner’s office. La. R.S. 44:34. A public official cannot be made to produce that which he does not have. Accordingly, the trial court’s dismissal of the appellant’s writ of mandamus was proper.

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