Opinion
2:18-cv-3008 MCE AC P
08-31-2021
RICHARD JAMES WELK, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants.
ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
ALLISON CLAIRE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
Richard James Welk, CDCR # G-25763, a necessary and material witness in a settlement conference in this case on October 13, 2021, is confined in the California Medical 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 Kendall J. Newman, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on Wednesday October 13, 2021 at 1:30 p.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 by fax on the Litigation Office at the California Medical Facility at (707) 469-6006 or via email.
4. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported to Alexandra Waldrop, Courtroom Deputy, at awaldrop@caed.uscourts.gov.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Warden, California Medical Facility, 1600 California Dr., Vacaville, California 95696:
WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Newman 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.