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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WALTER HOWARD WHITE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SMYERS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-2868 MCE AC P 

ORDER and 

ORDER TO UNITED STATES MARSHAL 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has submitted three completed subpoenas 

duces tecum that conform to this court’s orders filed April 24, 2015 (ECF No. 133), May 12, 

2015 (ECF No. 140), and May 21, 2015 (ECF No. 141). Accordingly, the court finds service of 

the subpoenas by the United States Marshal to be appropriate. 

 The responsive parties are informed that, notwithstanding the dates of compliance noted 

on each subpoena, the court-ordered date of compliance for all subpoenas shall be thirty 

days after service. With the exception of High Desert State Prison (HDSP) (plaintiff’s current 

place of incarceration), responsive documents shall be mailed to plaintiff at HDSP. If the 

responsive party intends to charge plaintiff for the costs of copying and mailing, a demand for 

payment shall be made to plaintiff within twenty-one days after service of the subpoena; if 

extended time is necessary, plaintiff and the responding party shall agree on the dates for payment 

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and mailing, not to exceed sixty days after service of the subpoena. Officials at HDSP may, but 

need not, arrange for plaintiff to first inspect the documents responsive to the HDSP subpoena, 

and assist plaintiff in obtaining photocopies of the selected documents subject to plaintiff’s 

payment of the photocopying expenses 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward the three subject subpoenas duces tecum, 

together with a copy of the instant order, to the United States Marshal. 

 2. Within fourteen days after the filing date of this order, and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

566(c), the Marshal is directed to personally serve each subpoena on the official designated to 

received subpoenas at each respective agency or institution, viz., the State Compensation 

Insurance Fund, High Desert State Prison, and the California Substance Abuse Treatment 

Facility, and shall command all necessary assistance from the recipients to execute this order and 

to respond fully to each subpoena. 

 3. Within ten days after personal service of each subpoena, the Marshal shall file each 

return of service with the court. 

 4. Within thirty days after service of each subpoena, the recipient shall provide plaintiff 

with copies of the requested documents, as set forth above. 

 5. As a courtesy, the Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order, AND a 

copy of the court’s order filed May 12, 2015 (ECF No. 140) (which identifies the content of each 

subpoena), on the following: (1) the Litigation Coordinator at High Desert State Prison, P.O. Box 

750, Susanville CA 96127-0750; (2) the Litigation Coordinator at the California Substance Abuse 

Treatment Facility, P.O. Box 7100, Corcoran CA 93212; and (3) the Claims Administrator at the 

State Compensation Insurance Fund, P.O. Box 8192, Pleasanton CA 94588. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 12, 2015 

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