ORDER

CRAIG M. KELLISON, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff, a former state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 22, 2014, the court ordered the parties to file status reports in order to set this case for trial. The parties have filed the status reports1, and the court finds this case ready to proceed to trial.

The parties will be required to file pre-trial statements in accordance with the schedule set forth below. In addition to the matters already required to be addressed in the pre-trial statement in accordance with Eastern District of California Local Rule 281, plaintiff is informed that he may be required to make a particularized showing in his pre-trial statement in order to obtain the attendance of witnesses. Failure to comply with the procedures set forth below may result in the preclusion of any and all witnesses named in his pre-trial statement.

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.

Although plaintiff does not indicate he intends to call any incarcerated witnesses, the following information is provided to assist plaintiff. 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 (called a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum) unless it is satisfied that: (1) the prospective witness is willing to attend; and (2) the prospective witness has actual knowledge of relevant facts.

With the pre-trial statement, a party intending to introduce the testimony of incarcerated witnesses who have agreed voluntarily to attend the trial must serve and file a written motion for a court order requiring that such witnesses be brought to court at the time of trial. The motion must:

The willingness of the prospective witness can be shown in one of two ways:

The prospective witness' actual knowledge of relevant facts can be shown in one of two ways:

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' custodian to bring the witness to court.

If a party seeks to obtain the attendance of incarcerated witnesses who refuse to testify voluntarily, the party should submit with his pre-trial 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.

It is the responsibility of the party who has secured an unincarcerated witness' voluntary attendance to notify the witness of the time and date of trial. No action need be sought or obtained from the court.

If a prospective witness is not incarcerated, and he or she refuses to testify voluntarily, not earlier than four weeks and not later than two weeks before trial, the party must prepare and submit to the United States Marshal a subpoena for service by the Marshal upon the witness. Blank subpoena forms may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court. Also, the party seeking the witness' presence must tender an appropriate sum of money to the witness through the United States Marshal. In the case of an unincarcerated witness, the appropriate sum of money is the daily witness fee of $40.00 plus the witness' travel expenses. A subpoena will not be served by the United States Marshal upon an unincarcerated witness unless the subpoena is accompanied by a money order made payable to the witness for the full amount of the witness' travel expenses plus the daily witness fee of $40.00, and a copy of the court's order granting plaintiff in forma pauperis status. 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.

Failure to comply with any portion of this order may result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions, including dismissal of the entire action. See Local Rule 110.

Having considered the parties' status reports, the court makes the following orders and sets the following schedule:

1. Defendant's motion for additional time to file the status report (Doc. 568) is granted;

2. Plaintiff shall file and serve his pre-trial statement, and any motions necessary to obtain the attendance of witnesses at trial, on or before March 7, 2016;

3. Defendants shall file their pre-trial statement on or before March 21, 2016;

4. A pre-trial conference, as described in Local Rule 282, shall be conducted by the undersigned on the file only, without appearances, following submission of the pre-trial statements; and

5. A jury trial is hereby set for May 16, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., before the Honorable John A. Mendez in courtroom #6, 14th Floor, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, Sacramento, California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.