Gonzalez v. City of Bakersfield

Filing 86

ORDER ISSUING A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM for Arturo Gonzalez, Jr., signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 12/18/2017. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ARTURO GONZALEZ,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.,
Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:16-cv-0107 - JLT
ORDER ISSUING A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
AD TESTIFICANDUM ISSUED FOR ARTURO
GONZALEZ, JR.

On December 13, 2017, the Court granted Defendant’s motion and issued a writ of habeas

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corpus ad testificandum to secure the attendance of Arturo Gonzalez Jr. during the trial on this matter.

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(Doc. 80) When the Court learned he had been released from the Kern County Lerdo Pre-Trial

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Facility, the Court withdrew the writ. (Doc. 82) The defendants have now informed the Court Arturo

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Gonzalez Jr. is housed at the Metropolitan State Hospital located at 11401 Bloomfield Ave, Norwalk,

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CA 90650. Thus, the Court will reissue the writ1.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

December 18, 2017

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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The Court takes note that Metropolitan State Hospital houses only those who are in need of psychiatric treatment. Thus,
there is a good likelihood Mr. Gonzalez Jr. may not be competent to testify.