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

 Plaintiff, 

 v. ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

 AD TESTIFICANDUM

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Michael Lenoir Smith, CDCR # P-64019, a necessary and material witness in a settlement 

conference in this case on April 28, 2021, 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 Kendall J. Newman, by telephonic-conferencing from his place of confinement, 

on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 9:00 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 telephonic-conferencing, to participate 

in a settlement conference at the time and place above, until completion of the settlement 

conference or as ordered by the court. Telephonic-conferencing 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. If prison officials have any questions concerning the telephonic connection or difficulty 

connecting, they shall contact Alexandra Waldrop, Courtroom Deputy, at 

awaldrop@caed.uscourts.gov. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

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

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

time and place above, by telephonic-conferencing, 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: April 1, 2021 

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