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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ETUATE SEKONA, Case No. 1:19-cv-00529-KES-HBK

Plaintiff,

v.

M. FRANCIS,

ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Defendant. AD TESTIFICANDUM

Etuate Sekona, CDCR # AM-9766

 /

Etuate Sekona, CDCR # AM-9766, a necessary and material witness in a pretrial conference in 

this case on June 17, 2024, is confined in California Health Care Facility (CHCF), 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 District

Judge Kirk E. Sherriff, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on Monday, 

June 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED:

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 pretrial conference at the time and place above, until completion of the 

pretrial 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 Valley State Prison at (559) 665-8919 or via email.

4. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported 

to Victoria Gonzales, Courtroom Deputy, at vgonzales@caed.uscourts.gov. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

To: Warden, California Health Café Facility (CHCF), P. O. Box 213040, Stockton, 

California 95213:

WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Sherriff at the 

time and place above, by Zoom video conference, until completion of the pretrial conference or as 

ordered by the court. 

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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.

Dated: June 4, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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