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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

ERICK LATON STEWART, Sr., Case No. 1:20-cv-00978 JLT-HBK (PC)

Plaintiff,

v.

A. DE LA CRUZ and J. MIRAMONTES,

ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Defendants. AD TESTIFICANDUM

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Erick Laton Stewart, Sr., CDCR # V-59299, a necessary and material witness in a settlement 

conference in this case on August 28, 2023, is confined in North Kern State Prison (NKSP), 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 

Monday, August 28, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. 

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 Litigation 

Office at North Kern State Prison at (661) 721-6205 or via email.

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

to Michelle Rooney, Courtroom Deputy, at mrooney@caed.uscourts.gov. 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

To: Warden, NKSP, P. O. Box 567, Delano, California 93216:

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. 

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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: July 26, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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