Donald R. Hooker v. United States District Court, Central District of California, Hon. Leon R. Yankwich, United States District Judge

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

The District Court for the Central District of California has adopted a local rule relating to the form to be taken by petitions for habeas corpus. 1 Implementing that rule, the court has prepared a mimeographed blank form of petition (together with instructions for its completion) which is supplied to those seeking relief and is designed to elicit (and isolate from argument) all relevant facts upon which the petitioner relies as grounds for relief.

Petitioner sought habeas corpus from respondent judge, tendering a fifty-page memorandum as his petition. Respondent…