Warden v. Cowan et al

Filing 166

ORDER AND WRIT FOR HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM BY VIDEO CONFERENCE signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 1/6/2025 ORDERING the Custodian to produce by zoom video conference, Masa Nathaniel Warden on 1/24/2025 at 9:30 AM before Magistrate J udge Dennis M. Cota. 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, DMC) (Deputy Clerk HAH) Modified on 1/6/2025 (HAH).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MASA NATHANIEL WARDEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

No. 2:19-cv-0431-TLN-AC
ORDER & WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

B. COWAN, et al.,
Defendants.
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Masa Nathaniel Warden, CDCR # BV-5014, a necessary and material participant in a
continued settlement conference in this case on January 24, 2025, is confined in California State
Prison (CSP), Los Angeles County, 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 Dennis M. Cota, by Zoom video
conference from his place of confinement, on January 24, 2025, at 9:30 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. Up to two of the inmate’s legal representatives (either counsel or certified law students)
may attend the settlement conference in person with the inmate at CSP, Los Angeles
County, at no charge to the parties.
3. 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.
4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order via fax on the Litigation
Office at CSP, Los Angeles County at [phone] or via email.
5. Any difficulties connecting to the Zoom video conference shall immediately be reported
to Jodi Palmer, Courtroom Deputy, at [e-mail].
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Warden, CSP, Los Angeles County, P.O. Box 8457, Lancaster, California 93539:
WE COMMAND you to produce the inmate named above to testify before Judge Cota 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.
DATED: January 6, 2025