PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus ad testificandum for LYDIA… — United States of America v. Sutton et al (Dkt. 198)

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Document 198, a one-page Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum filed 05/14/25 by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan T. Storage in United States v. Kisha Sutton, et al., Criminal No. 2:24-CR-00192, Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston. It says Lydia Spencer is incarcerated in the Lakin Correctional Center and is needed for a criminal trial in Charleston on June 9, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. The petition asks for an order directing the U.S. Marshal or another authorized officer to produce her to appear and testify. It is submitted under Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston, and the text does not say what she would testify about.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA 
CHARLESTON 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
v. 
Criminal No.  2:24-CR-00192 
 
KISHA SUTTON, ET AL.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS 
CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM 
 
 
Comes now Jonathan T. Storage, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, and informs the Court that one LYDIA SPENCER is incarcerated in the 
Lakin Correctional Center, West Columbia, West Virginia, and that the said LYDIA SPENCER 
is necessary for a criminal trial before the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
West Virginia, at Charleston, West Virginia, on June 9, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. 
 
 
WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays for an Order of this Court directing the United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, or any other authorized law enforcement officer, 
to produce the body of said  LYDIA SPENCER  that LYDIA SPENCER may appear and testify 
before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston,  
West Virginia, on June 9, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
LISA G. JOHNSTON 
Acting United States Attorney 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jonathan T. Storage                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jonathan T. Storage 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assistant United States Attorney 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WV Bar No.  12279 
 
 
 
 
 
 
300 Virginia Street, East 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Room 4000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charleston, WV 25301 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telephone:  304-345-2200 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fax:  304-347-5104 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Email:  Jonathan.Storage@usdoj.gov 
Case 2:24-cr-00192     Document 198     Filed 05/14/25     Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 1067

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