Opinion
2:21-cv-0369 DAD CKD P
07-13-2023
RAYMOND MCCOWAN, Plaintiff, v. L. MCKEOWN, et al., Defendants.
ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
CAROLYN K. DELANEY, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Raymond McCowan, CDCR # AL-5632, a necessary and material witness in a settlement conference in this case on July 27, 2023, is confined in California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC), in the custody of the Warden. In order to secure this inmate's attendance it is necessary that a Writ of Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum issue commanding the custodian to produce the inmate before Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that:
1. A Writ of Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum issue, under the seal of this court, commanding the Warden to produce the inmate named above, to a secured room, by Zoom video conference, to participate in a settlement conference at the time and place above, until completion of the settlement conference or as ordered by the court. Zoom video conference connection information will be supplied via separate email.
2. The custodian is ordered to notify the court of any change in custody of this inmate and is ordered to provide the new custodian with a copy of this writ.
3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order via fax on the Litigation Office at California State Prison, Los Angeles County at (661) 729-6994 or via email.
4. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported to Shelly Her, Courtroom Deputy, at sher@caed.uscourt.gov.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Warden, LAC, P. O. Box 8457, Lancaster, California 93539:
WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Barnes at the time and place above, by Zoom video conference, until completion of the settlement conference or as ordered by the court.
FURTHER, you have been ordered to notify the court of any change in custody of the inmate and have been ordered to provide the new custodian with a copy of this writ.