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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,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. FRANCIS, 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00529-KES-HBK (PC)

AMENDED ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM TO 

TRANSPORT INMATE ETUATE SEKONA, 

CDCR # AM9766

DATE: September 10, 2024

TIME: 8:30 a.m.1

COURTROOM: 6 (KES)

Inmate Etuate Sekona, CDCR # AM9766, a necessary and material witness on his own 

behalf in trial proceedings in this case on September 10, 2024, is confined at Valley State 

Prison, 21633 Ave 24, Chowchilla, CA 93610, in the custody of the Warden. 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 in Courtroom #6, Seventh Floor, United States 

Courthouse, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California on September 10, 2024, at 8:30 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 to testify in United States District 

Court at the time and place above, and from day to day until completion of court proceedings or 

as ordered by the court; and thereafter to return the inmate to the above institution;

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.

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

To: The Warden of Valley State Prison:

WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above, along with his legal 

property, to testify before the United States District Court at the time and place above, and from 

day to day until completion of the proceedings, or as ordered by the court; and thereafter to 

return the inmate to the above institution.

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: August 30, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 This amended writ corrects the time for trial listed in the prior writ. The correct time is 8:30 a.m.

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