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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW LOPEZ,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-1605 GEB DAD P

vs.

S. COOK, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff has filed a document entitled “Request for Subpoenas.” Therein,

plaintiff requests that the court issue subpoenas requiring the California Department of

Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide plaintiff with copies of various prison logs, reports and

other documents maintained at High Desert State Prison. The use of a subpoena, issued in blank

by the clerk of the court or otherwise, is an appropriate method by which a party may seek

document inspection from a non-party. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a)(1)(C). However, misuse or

abuse of subpoenas by private parties may result in the imposition of sanctions. See Theofel v.

Farey Jones, 341 F. 3d 978, 984 (9th Cir. 2003). The court notes that defendants have recently

obtained an extension of time in which to supplement responses to interrogatories and requests

for production of documents propounded by plaintiff and it may well be appropriate for plaintiff

to await those responses.

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In any event, plaintiff is informed that court permission is not necessary for

discovery requests and that neither discovery requests served on a party nor that party's responses

should be filed until such time as a party becomes dissatisfied with a response and seeks relief

from the court pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Discovery requests shall not be

filed with the court unless, and until, they are at issue. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s March 1, 2007 request

for subpoenas will be placed in the court file and disregarded. 

DATED: March 26, 2007.

DAD:4

lope1605.411

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