Favor v. Henderson

A federal district judge has here, in his exercise of jurisdiction over a federal writ application, tried to exercise supervisory jurisdiction over a state court, in fact, over the Louisiana State Supreme Court. If that federal district court believes under its consideration of a federal writ application that an evidentiary hearing is required before a judge other than the trial court judge (who is the only judge designated by state law to consider this if it were a state writ), it should comply with the federal law which mandates the federal court to hold such a hearing. The federal district…