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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

ETUATE SEKONA,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. FRANCIS,

Defendant.

1:19-cv-00529-KES-HBK (PC)

ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME 

TO PAY WITNESS FEES

(Doc. No. 144) 

AUGUST 20, 2024 DEADLINE

On July 29, 2024, Plaintiff Etuate Sekona filed a Response to the Court’s July 18, 2024 

Order to Show Cause (“OTSC”). (Doc. No. 144). In it, he states that family members in Utah 

will be sending the additional witness fees ordered by the Court on June 18, 2024, and he expects 

the funds to reach the Court within two weeks of July 25, 2024, i.e. August 8, 2024. (Id. at 1). 

Liberally construed, Plaintiff incorporates a motion seeking an extension of time until at least 

August 8, 2024 to submit the additional witness fees. As set forth below, the Court will grant 

Plaintiff’s incorporated motion.

Plaintiff is advised that to permit the United States Marshals Service time to serve the 

witnesses with subpoenas for trial, his witness fees must be received by the Clerk no later than 

August 20, 2024. Plaintiff is responsible for ensuring sufficient mailing time to comply with this 

deadline. If the Court does not receive the additional fees by the deadline, the Court will be 

unable to timely subpoena Plaintiff’s witnesses.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff’s construed motion for extension of time (Doc. No. 144) contained within his 

response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause is GRANTED as set forth herein.

2. The two additional $12.00 money order for each witness, one each for LVN Cook and 

CO Commagay, must be received by the Court no later than August 20, 2024. 

3. The Court discharges its July 18, 2024 Order to Show Cause.

Dated: August 7, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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