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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN PHILIP MONCRIEF, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-0414 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1983. Currently before the court is plaintiff’s counsel’s motion to withdraw, which is set for 

hearing on November 2, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. ECF No. 93. Plaintiff has filed a response to the 

motion in which he expresses concern over the withdrawal and the fact that he will not be present 

at the hearing to explain his position. ECF No. 97. The court will construe the letter as a motion 

to be present at the hearing and it is granted to the extent that an order and writ of habeas corpus 

ad testificandum was issued on September 6, 2016, requiring the Warden of Richard J. Donovan 

Correctional Facility to have plaintiff appear at the hearing telephonically. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request to be present at the 

November 2, 2016 hearing on counsel’s motion to withdraw (ECF No. 97) is granted to the extent 

that plaintiff will appear at the hearing telephonically. 

DATED: October 26, 2016 

 

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