Ugwueze

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARONTA T. LEWIS, Case No. 1:20-cv-00596-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AT

v. TRIAL

DR. KOKOR, (ECF No. 131) Defendant.

15 Plaintiff Daronta T. Lewis is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is currently set for jury trial on December 13, 2022. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for the attendance of witnesses at trial, filed on September 13, 2022. I. DISCUSSION The uncertainty regarding whether or not the proposed witnesses are willing to testify voluntarily does not preclude this Court from ordering their transportation. Rather, in determining whether to grant Plaintiff's motion for the attendance of his proposed witnesses, factors to be taken into consideration include (1) whether the inmate's presence…