Joseph Thorton Louis v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

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• applying the Mathews factors in holding that a district judge may not reject a magistrate judge’s credibility determination without holding a new evidentiary hearing
• “[A] district judge may accept a magistrate’s findings concerning credibility and not violate due process.”
• “[A] district judge may accept a magistrate’s findings concerning credibility and not violate due process.”
• “If the district judge doubts the credibility determination of the magistrate, only by hearing the testimony himself does he have an adequate basis on which to base his decision.”
• “One of the most important principles in our judicial system is the deference given to the finder of fact who hears the live testimony of witnesses because of his opportunity to judge the credibility of those witnesses.”
• “One of the most important principles in our judicial system is the deference given to the finder of fact who hears the live testimony of witnesses because of his opportunity to judge the credibility of those witnesses.”

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