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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANNON WILLIAMS, CASE NO: 1:16-cv-01540-DAD-HBK

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

SECOND ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS

Defendant. AD TESTIFICANDUM1

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Shannon Williams, Inmate # 13947-047, a necessary and material witness in a settlement 

conference in this case on December 20, 2024, is confined in USP McCreary, 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 Erica P. Grosjean, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on 

Friday, December 20, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED:

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 Zoom video conference, 

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

the settlement conference or as ordered by the court. Zoom video conference 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 Warden 

at USP McCreary using (606) 354-7190 and email at MCR-ExecAssistant-S@bop.gov. 

4. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported 

to Felicia Navarro, Courtroom Deputy, at fnavarro@caed.uscourts.gov. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

To: Warden, USP McCreary, 330 Federal Way, Pine Knot, KY 42635:

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

time and place above, by Zoom video conference, until completion of the settlement conference 

or as ordered by the court. 

1 The Court reissues this Order and Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum due to the Bureau of 

Prison’s failure to comply with the Court’s Amended Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum issued on 

November 6, 2024 and produce inmate Shannon Williams for the December 11, 2024 Court hearing. See

CMECF Nos. 186, 191.

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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: December 11, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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