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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW LANCASTER, JEFFERY MILLS,

DEXTER WILLIAMS, WILLIAM DENNIS,

STEVE LIVADITIS, JIMMY VAN PELT,

H. LEE HEISHMAN III AND JOHNATON

GEORGE,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JAMES E. TILTON, Acting Secretary,

California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation, and ROBERT L. AYERS, JR.,

Acting Warden, San Quentin State Prison,

Defendants. /

No. C 79-01630 WHA

REQUEST FOR INPUT ON

FORMAT OF EVIDENTIARY

HEARING

With respect to the evidentiary hearing, a possible date is October 10, 2007. The Court

would like to take a view of the main areas in contention regarding sanitation. A defense

spokesperson would be sworn and would point out points of interest. Talking would be

minimized, however, to the level needed for the judge to understand what he was seeing. The

view would be videotaped (with audio), counsel to arrange.

The evidentiary hearing would follow. The witnesses would be the declarants of record

on the open issues. Their declarations would stand for their direct testimony. Their live

testimony would then begin with cross-examination, followed by redirect and re-cross. This

would be the procedure followed for both sides. The hearing and view would probably

consume an entire day, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Defense counsel must arrange for a hearing

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United States District Court

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room at San Quentin. The Court would provide a court reporter and also bring two or three

staff persons.

Counsel shall comment on this proposal by JULY 5, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 21, 2007. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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