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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-DAD-HBK

Plaintiff,

v.

M. FRANCIS, Registered Nurse at Kern

Valley State Prison,

ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Defendant. AD TESTIFICANDUM

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

this case on July 18, 2022, is confined in Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP), 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 Erica P. Grosjean, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on Monday, 

July 18, 2022, at 10:30 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 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 Salinas Valley State Prison at (831) 678-5544 or via email.

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

to Michelle Rooney, Courtroom Deputy, at mrooney@caed.uscourts.gov. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

To: Warden, SVSP, P. O. Box 1020, Soledad, California 93960:

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

time and place above, by Zoom video conference, until completion of the settlement 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 5, 2022 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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