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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

GARRISON S. JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

RODERICK Q. HICKMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:05-cv-01340-LJO-GSA PC

ORDER CONTINUING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE FROM JANUARY 21, 2010,

TO JANUARY 28, 2010, BEFORE THE

HONORABLE DAVID O. CARTER, AND

REQUIRING BENJAMIN RICE OR

STEPHANIE CLAUSS TO BE

PERSONALLY PRESENT

ORDER VACATING ORDER AND WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS AD

TESTIFICANDUM FILED ON DECEMBER

8, 2009

(Doc. 172)

Date: January 28, 2010

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Location: Courtroom 9D, U.S. District

Court, Santa Ana

This is a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Garrison S.

Johnson, a state prisoner proceeding pro se. On November 19, 2009, the Court issued an order

setting this matter for a settlement conference on January 21, 2010, at 8:00 a.m. before United States

District Judge David O. Carter, and on December 8, 2009, the Court issued an order and writ of

habeas corpus ad testificandum requiring the Warden of Kern Valley State Prison to produce

Plaintiff for the settlement conference.

Due to the unavailability of the Court, the settlement conference is continued from January

21, 2010, to January 28, 2010, and the order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum filed on

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December 8, 2009 is vacated. An amended order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum

requiring the Warden of Kern Valley State Prison to produce Plaintiff for the settlement conference

on January 28, 2010, will be issued concurrently with this order.

Further, Judge Carter requires the personal presence of eitherBenjamin Rice, General

Counsel for the CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections andRehabilitation, or Stephanie Clauss,

Chief Deputy General Counsel, at the settlement conference on January 28, 2010.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The settlement conference set in this case is CONTINUED from January 21, 2010,

at 8:00 a.m. to January 28, 2010, at 8:00 a.m. at the Ronald Reagan Federal

Building & U. S. Courthouse, 411 West Fourth Street, Courtroom 9D, Santa Ana,

California 92701;

2. Either CDCR General Counsel Benjamin Rice or Chief Deputy General Counsel

Stephanie Clauss SHALL be personally present at the settlement conference;

3. The order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum filed on December 8, 2009,

which requires the Warden of Kern Valley State Prison to produce Plaintiff for the

settlement conference on January 21, 2010, is VACATED; 

4. The Clerk’s Office shall serve by facsimile a copy of this order, along with a copy of

the amended order and writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum issued concurrently

with this order, on the Litigation Office and Out-To-Court Department at Kern

Valley State Prison, and CDCR Transportation; and

5. Failure to comply with this order will be grounds for the imposition of sanctions

deemed appropriate by the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 7, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

i0d3h8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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