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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

WAYNE RICHARDSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. JURCAK, E. PEARCH, RICKS,

R. MYERS, S. DAY, AND G. DOSER,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:02-cv-05672-LJO PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR THE ATTENDANCE OF

INCARCERATED WITNESSES CHESTER

AND BRYANT AT TRIAL ON JANUARY 23,

2007

(Docs. 78, 81, and 82)

Plaintiff Wayne Richardson (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This is an action for damages

proceeding on plaintiff’s complaint, filed June 6, 2002, against defendants C. Jurcak, E. Pearch,

Ricks, R. Myers, S. Day, and G. Doser (“defendants”) on plaintiff’s claim that defendants violated

plaintiff’s rights under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution on August 9, 1999,

when they failed to protect plaintiff prior to and during the course of an attack on plaintiff by inmate

Moore.

Plaintiff filed motions for the attendance of incarcerated witnesses TaJuan Chester, P-23137,

and Eric Bryant, H-43451, on September 18, 2006, November 6, 2006, and November 20, 2006.

Defendants did not object.

The Court finds that plaintiff has met his burden of demonstrating that both inmates are

willing to testify and possess actual knowledge of relevant information. Accordingly, plaintiff’s 

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motions are GRANTED, and inmates Chester and Bryant shall be transported for jury trial on

January 23, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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