Opinion
2:18-cv-2942 KJM AC P
10-12-2023
MICHAEL LENIOR SMITH, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants.
ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
ALLISON CLAIRE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Michael Lenior Smith, CDCR # P-64019, a necessary and material participant in a settlement conference in this case on November 28, 2023, is confined in the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility 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 Carolyn K. Delaney, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 9:30 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, 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 the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility at (619) 671-7566 or via email.
4. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported to Lisa Kennison, Courtroom Deputy, at lkennison@caed.uscourts.gov.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Warden, RJ Donovan Correctional Facility, 480 Alta Road, San Diego, CA 92179:
WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Delaney 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.