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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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 Order & Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum (Case No. C 08-4540 MHP (PR)) 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEO MERAZ, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

STEVEN REPPOND, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. C 08-4540 MHP (PR) 

ORDER AND WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM TO 

TRANSPORT PLAINTIFF LEO MERAZ, 

CDCR #J-04563 

Plaintiff Leo Meraz, CDCR #J-04563, is a necessary and material witness to the settlement 

conference scheduled to take place before the Honorable Nandor Vadas on August 11, 2010 at 

9:00 a.m. at California State Prison, Solano. Meraz is currently confined at California State 

Prison, Sacramento, in Represa, California, in the custody of the Warden. In order to secure 

Meraz’s attendance at this settlement conference, it is necessary that a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad 

Testificandum issue commanding Meraz’s custodian to produce him at California State Prison, 

Solano, located at 2100 Peabody Road, in Vacaville, California. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. A Writ of Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum issue, under the seal of this Court, 

commanding the Warden of California State Prison, Sacramento and the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation to produce inmate Leo Meraz, CDCR #J-04563, on August 10, 

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 Order & Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum (Case No. C 08-4540 MHP (PR)) 

2010, for a settlement conference at California State Prison, Solano to be held on August 11, 

2010, until the completion of this proceeding or as ordered by the Court, and thereafter to return 

Meraz to California State Prison, Sacramento. 

2. The custodian is further ordered to notify the Court of any change in the custody of 

Meraz and is ordered to provide the new custodian with a copy of this writ. 

3. Defense counsel is responsible for transmitting this order and writ to the 

appropriate individual(s) at the institution where Meraz is incarcerated and for advising the 

Court, no later than two weeks prior to the settlement conference, if security, medical or 

other concerns might hinder CDCR's ability to transfer Meraz to CSP-Solano for the 

settlement conference. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM 

To: The Warden of California State Prison, Sacramento, 

YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce inmate Leo Meraz, CDCR #J-04563, on August 10, 

2010, for a settlement conference at California State Prison, Solano before the Honorable Nandor 

Vadas to be held on August 11, 2010, until completion of this proceeding or as ordered by the 

Court, and thereafter to return Meraz to California State Prison, Sacramento. 

FURTHER, you have been ordered to notify the Court of any change in the custody of 

Meraz and to provide the new custodian with a copy of this writ. 

FURTHER, should there be security, medical or other concerns that might hinder 

CDCR's ability to transport Meraz as indicated herein, you are hereby ordered to bring 

those issues to the attention of defense counsel no later than two weeks prior to the date of 

the settlement conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 15, 2010 __________________________ 

 The Honorable Nandor Vadas 

 United States Magistrate Judge

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Nandor J. Vadas

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