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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

LISA ELLS – 243657 

VAN SWEARINGEN – 259809 

ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

50 Fremont Street, 19th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2235 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

Facsimile: (415) 433-7104 

Email: mbien@rbgg.com 

 lells@rbgg.com 

 vswearingen@rbgg.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RANDY DAVID RAY ROBERTSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, et al., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 3:15-cv-02549-WHO 

[PROPOSED] ORDER AND WRIT OF 

HABEAS CORPUS AD 

TESTIFICANDUM 

Judge: Hon. Joseph C. Spero 

Date: October 4, 2016 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Crtrm.: G, Floor 15 

Trial Date: October 23, 2017

Randy David Ray Robertson, CSH # 2069-3, a necessary and material witness in a 

settlement conference in this case on October 4, 2016, is confined in Coalinga State 

Hospital, Unit 17, PO Box 5000, Coalinga, California 93210, in the custody of the 

Director. In order to secure this patient’s attendance, it is necessary that a Writ of Habeas 

Corpus ad Testificandum issue commanding the custodian to produce the patient before 

the Honorable Joseph C. Spero, by telephone, to the U. S. District Court, San Francisco 

Courthouse, Courtroom G - 15th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 

94102 on October 4, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. A Writ of Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum issue, under the seal of this 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM 

court, commanding the Director to produce the patient named above, by 

telephone from Coalinga State Hospital, to participate in a settlement 

conference at the time and place above, until the completion of the 

settlement conference. 

2. The custodian is ordered to notify the court of any change in custody of this 

patient, and is ordered to provide the new custodian with a copy of this writ. 

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of this Order and Writ of 

Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum on the Litigation Coordinator at Coalinga 

State Hospital via fax at (559) 935-4308. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM 

To: Director, Coalinga State Hospital, P. O. Box 5000, Coalinga, California 93210:

WE COMMAND you to produce the patient named above to testify, by telephone, 

before the Honorable Joseph C. Spero, at the time and place stated above, by telephone, 

until the completion of the settlement conference. You shall notify Karen Hom, Deputy 

Clerk, United States District Court, at (415)-522-2035 of the telephone number at which 

the patient may be contacted during the settlement conference. 

FURTHER, you have been ordered to notify the court of any change in custody of 

this patient, and is ordered to provide the new custodian with a copy of this writ. 

DATED: September ___, 2016 

 Joseph C. Spero 

Chief Magistrate Judge 

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