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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

MICHAEL LENIOR SMITH, No. 2:18-cv-2942 KJM AC P 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. AMENDED ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Michael Lenior Smith, CDCR # P-64019, a necessary and material participant in a 

settlement conference in this case on January 9, 2024, is confined in the RJ Donovan 

Correctional 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 Carolyn K. Delaney, by Zoom video conference 

from his place of confinement, on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 9:30 a.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 via fax on the Litigation 

Office at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility at (619) 671-7566 or via email. 

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

to Lisa Kennison, Courtroom Deputy, at lkennison@caed.uscourts.gov. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

To: Warden, RJ Donovan Correctional Facility, 480 Alta Road, San Diego, CA 92179: 

WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Delaney 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. 

DATED: November 29, 2023 

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