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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 

LISA BELYEW, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DUCH, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:17-cv-1213-JAM-EFB P 

ORDER 

 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. She requests that the court order the U.S. Marshal to serve subpoenas on nonparties Sally Anderson of the California Legal Information Center and the Custodian of Records 

for the Butte County Jail. ECF Nos. 28, 29, 30. As stated below, the request is denied. 

The court will not order service of a subpoena unless plaintiff shows that she has taken 

steps to avoid imposing an undue burden or expense on the person or entity subject to the 

subpoena. See Austin v. Winett, 1:04-cv-05104-DLB PC, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103279, at *2 

(E.D. Cal. Dec. 11, 2008) (“[d]irecting the Marshal’s Office to expend its resources personally 

serving a subpoena is not taken lightly by the court.”); 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Unless plaintiff 

shows that the requested files/documents are not obtainable from a defendant through a properlyserved request for production, her request for service of the subpoenas must be denied. 

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Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for service of subpoenas 

(ECF Nos. 28-30) is denied. 

DATED: March 18, 2020. 

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