Bills v. Sanchez et al

Filing 85

ORDER and WRIT of HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM ISSUED signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 08/30/19 ORDERING the Custodian to produce Jimmy Lee Bills by video conferencing on 10/21/19 at 10:00 a.m. in courtroom 27 before Magistrate Judge De borah Barnes. Custodian is ordered to notify the court of any changes in custody and to provide new custodian with a copy of this writ. The clerk of court shall serve a copy of this order and writ on the Custodian. (cc: I.T. Dept, Sacramento and DB)(3 certified copies of writ served on the Warden, MCSP) (Plummer, M) Modified on 9/3/2019 (Plummer, M).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JIMMY LEE BILLS,

No. 2:16-cv-2137-KJM-EFB P

Plaintiff,
v.
E. SANCHEZ, et al.,
ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
AD TESTIFICANDUM

Defendants.
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Jimmy Lee Bills, CDCR # H-50665, a necessary and material witness in a settlement conference
in this case on October 21, 2019, is confined in Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP), 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 Deborah Barnes, by video conference from his place of confinement, to the
U.S. District Court, Courtroom #27, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814, on Monday,
October 21, 2019 at 10:00 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 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.
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. Counsel for the defendant, the assigned Deputy Attorney General, shall confirm with the
prison no less than two days prior to the settlement conference that the prison’s videoconference equipment will connect to the court’s system. Any difficulties shall
immediately be reported to Pete Buzo, Courtroom Deputy, at [phone].
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Warden, MCSP, P. O. Box 409099, Ione, California 95640:
WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Barnes at the
time and place above, by 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: August 30, 2019

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DB/prisoner-civil rights/bill2137.841(c)