Luis Ricardo Chapa v. Warden of FCI Victorville Medium II, Federal Bureau of Prisons

BACKGROUND

20 On June 27, 2025, Petitioner Luis Ricardo Chapa (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition 21 for Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum. Doc. # 1 (“Petition” or “Pet.”). On the 22 same day he submitted an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum. 23 Doc. # 5. 24 Petitioner is currently incarcerated at FCI Victorville Medium II in Victorville, 25 California (“FCI Victorville”). Pet. ¶ 1. He is serving a 192-month sentence imposed 26 after he pleaded guilty to three firearm-related offenses. See United States v. Chapa, et 27 al., No. 1:10-cr-589-SS (W.D. Tex.), Doc. ## 15, 67, 99, 153. His projected release 28 Petitioner seeks a writ compelling his in-person appearance to testify at a civil trial scheduled for January 26, 2026, in Cause No. DC-22-154, Lauro Chapa, Sr., et al. v. Luis Ricardo Chapa, pending in the 229th Judicial District Court of Duval County, Texas (“the Texas lawsuit”). Pet. ¶¶ 2–3, 5; Doc. # 5-1. In that case, Petitioner is the sole defendant and a “counter-plaintiff” in a dispute involving real property and alleged fraud. Pet. ¶¶ 2–3, 6. Petitioner states that the state trial judge has rejected his request to…