STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2020 KW 0328

VERSUS

WILLIE CAULEY APRIL 16, 2020

In Re: Willie Cauley, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 601363

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND BURRIS,' JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The petition in this matter was filed on March 23, 2020. According to the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court' s Office, on March 30, 2020, the district court directed the matter to be set for hearing. However, according to the clerk' s office, this matter has not yet been heard and that office cannot provide this court with a date that it will be heard. Considering the above, and in accordance with the Louisiana Supreme Court' s order issued April 6, 2020, deeming bond hearings as matters that should be handled expeditiously, the district court is ordered to rule on relator' s " Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus/ Bail Reduction/ Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum," filed March 23, 2020, on or before April 23, 2020.

VGW JMG

Burris, J., dissents.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY' CLERK COURT FOR THE COST

1 Judge William J. Burris, retired, serving pro tempore by special appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court.