(PC) Garraway v. Ciufo

3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

6 MITCHELL GARRAWAY, 1:17-cv-00533-DAD-GSA-PC 7 Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING TELEPHONIC TRIAL CONFIRMATION HEARING AND 8 vs. SETTING RELATED DEADLINES JACQUILINE CIUFO, et al., From: Sept. 26, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

10 Defendants. To: Oct. 17, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Courtroom 5 (DAD) 12 Plaintiff’s Pretrial Statement Due: 9/5/22 13 Defendants’ Pretrial Statement Due: 10/5/22 14 ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND PLAINTIFF A COPY OF LOCAL RULE 281 Jury Trial: TO BE SCHEDULED 18 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE 19 1. The telephonic trial confirmation (TTCH) hearing scheduled for September 26, 20 2022 at 1:30 p.m. in this action is CONTINUED TO: 21 October 17, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

22 Before District Judge Dale A. Drozd 23 In Courtroom 5 24 2. The parties shall appear at the TTCH with each party connecting remotely either 25 via Zoom video conference or Zoom telephone number. The parties will be 26 provided with the Zoom ID and password by Judge Drozd’s Courtroom Deputy 27 prior to the conference. The Zoom ID number and password are confidential and 28 are not to be shared. Appropriate court attire is required.

1 3. Counsel for Defendants is required to contact Plaintiff’s institution to arrange for 2 Plaintiff’s participation at the TTCH. Plaintiff is a federal prisoner proceeding 3 pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. 4 Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).

5 This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint filed on April 17, 2017, against defendants Jacqueline Ciufo (Unit Manager), K. Miller (Corrections Officer), and Lieutenant J. Zaragoza (collectively, “Defendants”), for failure to protect Plaintiff in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.)

9 On November 27, 2018, the court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order establishing deadlines for the parties, including a discovery deadline of May 27, 2019, and a dispositive motion filing deadline of July 27, 2019. (ECF No. 26.) All of the deadlines have now expired, and no motions are pending. On May 25, 2021 at 9:30 a.m., a settlement conference was held before Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone, but the case did not settle. (ECF No. 131.) Therefore, pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the court will, by this order, set a further schedule for this litigation.

16 The parties are required to file pretrial statements in accordance with the schedule set forth herein. In addition to the matters already required to be addressed in the pretrial statement in accordance with Local Rule 281, Plaintiff will be required to make a particularized showing in order to obtain the attendance of witnesses. The procedures and requirements for making such a showing are outlined in detail below. Plaintiff is advised that failure to comply with the procedures set forth below may result in the preclusion of any and all witnesses named in his pretrial statement.

23 At the trial of this case, Plaintiff must be prepared to introduce evidence to prove each of the alleged facts that support the claims raised in the lawsuit. In general, there are two kinds of trial evidence: (1) exhibits and (2) the testimony of witnesses. It is Plaintiff’s responsibility to produce all of the evidence to prove his case, whether that evidence is in the form of exhibits or witness testimony. If Plaintiff wants to call witnesses to testify, he must follow certain procedures to ensure that the witnesses will be at the trial and available to testify.

1 1. Procedures for Obtaining Attendance of Incarcerated Witnesses Who Agree to Testify Voluntarily - An incarcerated witness who agrees voluntarily to attend trial to give testimony cannot come to court unless this court orders the warden or other custodian to permit the witness to be transported to court. This court will not issue such an order unless it is satisfied that: (a) the prospective witness is willing to attend; and (b) the prospective witness has actual knowledge of relevant facts.

7 A party intending to introduce the testimony of incarcerated witnesses who have agreed voluntarily to attend the trial must serve and file concurrent with the pretrial statement a written motion for a court order requiring that such witnesses be brought to court at the time of trial. The motion must: (1) state the name, address, and prison or state hospital identification number of each such witness; and (2) be accompanied by declarations showing that each witness is willing to testify and that each witness has actual knowledge of relevant facts. The motion should be entitled “Motion for Attendance of Incarcerated Witnesses.”

14 The willingness of the prospective witness can be shown in one of two ways: (1) the party himself can swear by declaration under penalty of perjury that the prospective witness has informed the party that he or she is willing to testify voluntarily without being subpoenaed, in which declaration the party must state when and where the prospective witness informed the party of this willingness; or (2) the party can serve and file a declaration, signed under penalty of perjury by the prospective witness, in which the witness states that he or she is willing to testify without being subpoenaed.

21 The prospective witness’s actual knowledge of relevant facts can be shown in one of two ways: (1) if the party has actual firsthand knowledge that the prospective witness was an eyewitness or an ear-witness to the relevant facts (i.e., if an incident occurred in Plaintiff’s cell and, at the time, Plaintiff saw that a cellmate was present and observed the incident, Plaintiff may swear to the cellmate’s ability to testify), the party himself can swear by declaration under penalty of perjury that the prospective witness has actual knowledge; or (2) the party can serve and file a declaration signed under penalty of perjury by the prospective witness in which the witness describes the relevant facts to which the prospective witness was an eye- or ear-witness. Whether the declaration is made by the party or by the prospective witness, it must be specific about the incident, when and where it occurred, who was present, and how the prospective witness happened to be in a position to see or to hear what occurred at the time it occurred.

4 The court will review and rule on the motion for attendance of incarcerated witnesses, specifying which prospective witnesses must be brought to court. Subsequently, the court will issue the order necessary to cause the witness’s custodian to bring the witness to court.

7 Motions for the attendance of incarcerated witnesses, if any, must be filed on or before September 5, 2022. Oppositions, if any, must be filed on or before October 5, 2022.

9 2. Procedures for Obtaining Attendance of Incarcerated Witnesses Who Refuse to Testify Voluntarily - If a party seeks to obtain the attendance of incarcerated witnesses who refuse to testify voluntarily, the party should submit with his pretrial statement a motion for the attendance of such witnesses. Such motion should be in the form described above. In addition, the party must indicate in the motion that the incarcerated witnesses are not willing to testify voluntarily.

15 3. Procedures for Obtaining Attendance of Unincarcerated Witnesses Who Agree to Testify Voluntarily - It is the responsibility of the party who has secured an unincarcerated witness’s voluntary attendance to notify the witness of the time and date of trial. No action need be sought or obtained from the court.

19 4. Procedures for Obtaining Attendance of Unincarcerated Witnesses Who Refuse to Testify Voluntarily - If a prospective witness is not incarcerated, and he or she refuses to testify voluntarily, the witness must be served with a subpoena. Fed. R. Civ. P. 45. In addition, the party seeking the witness’s presence must tender an appropriate sum of money for the witness.

23 Id. In the case of an unincarcerated witness, the appropriate sum of money is the daily witness fee of $40.00 plus the witness’s travel expenses. 28 U.S.C. § 1821.

25 If Plaintiff wishes to obtain the attendance of one or more unincarcerated witnesses who refuse to testify voluntarily, Plaintiff must first notify the court in writing of the name and location of each unincarcerated witness. The court will calculate the travel expense for each unincarcerated witness and notify Plaintiff of the amount(s). Plaintiff must then, for each witness, submit a money order made payable to the witness for the full amount of the witness’s travel expenses plus the daily witness fee of $40.00. The subpoena will not be served upon the unincarcerated witness by the United States Marshal unless the money order is tendered to the court. Because no statute authorizes the use of public funds for these expenses in civil cases, the tendering of witness fees and travel expenses is required even if the party was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

7 If Plaintiff wishes to have the Marshal serve any unincarcerated witnesses who refuse to testify voluntarily, Plaintiff must submit the money orders to the court no later than October 5, 2022. In order to ensure timely submission of the money orders, Plaintiff must notify the court of the names and locations of his witnesses, in compliance with step one, no later than September 5, 2022.

12 The parties are advised that failure to file pretrial statements as required by this order may result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions, which may include dismissal of the action or entry of default.

15 The dates set in this order are considered to be firm and will not be modified absent a showing of good cause, even if a stipulation to modify is filed. Due to the impacted nature of the civil case docket, this Court disfavors requests to modify established dates.

18 Accordingly, the court HEREBY ORDERS as follows: 19 1. The telephonic trial confirmation hearing before the Honorable Dale A. Drozd, 20 scheduled for September 26, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. is continued to October 17, 2022 21 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5; 22 2. The jury trial for this case shall be scheduled in due course; 23 3. Counsel for Defendants is required to arrange for the participation of Plaintiff in 24 the Telephonic Trial Confirmation Hearing; 25 4. Plaintiff shall serve and file a pretrial statement as described in this order on or 26 before September 5, 2022.

27 5. Defendants shall serve and file a pretrial statement as described in this order on 28 or before October 5, 2022; 1 6. In addition to electronically filing a pretrial statement, Defendants shall e-mail the 2 pretrial statement to: [email protected]; 3 7. If Plaintiff intends to call incarcerated witnesses at time of trial, Plaintiff shall 4 serve and file a motion for attendance of incarcerated witnesses as described in 5 this order on or before September 5, 2022; 6 8. The opposition to the motion for the attendance of incarcerated witnesses, if any, 7 shall be filed on or before October 5, 2022; 8 9. If Plaintiff wishes to obtain the attendance of unincarcerated witnesses who refuse 9 to testify voluntarily, Plaintiff must submit the money orders, as described in 10 subsection 4 of this order, to the court on or before October 5, 2022; and 11 10. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a copy of Local Rule 281.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

14 Dated: August 4, 2022 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE