Hardney v. Warren et al

Filing 184

ORDER AND WRIT FOR HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM BY VIDEO CONFERENCE signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 9/9/2024 ORDERING the Custodian to produce by zoom video conference, John Hardney on 10/31/2024 at 9:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. 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. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and writ on the custodian. (cc: ADR, AC) (Huang, H)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN HARDNEY,

Case No. 2:16-cv-00172-KJM-JDP (PC)

Plaintiff,
v.
R. WARREN, et al.,
ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
AD TESTIFICANDUM

Defendants.
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John Hardney, CDCR # D-00599, a necessary and material witness in a settlement conference in
this case on October 31, 2024, is confined in the California Men’s Colony (CMC) 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 Allison Claire, by Zoom video conference from his place of confinement, on
Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.
ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that:
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 the California Men’s Colony at [phone] or via email.
4. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported
to Jonathan Anderson, Courtroom Deputy, at [e-mail].
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Warden, CMC, P. O. Box 8101, San Luis Obispo, California 93409:
WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Claire at the
time and place above, by Zoom video conference, until completion of the settlement conference
or as ordered by the court.
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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

September 9, 2024
JEREMY D. PETERSON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE