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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Theodore Jacob Jones, 

Plaintiff, 

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Forbs, et. Al, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV-12-435-PHX-SRB (LOA)

ORDER

This matter arises on the submission of Plaintiff’s subpoena for service on Charles

L. Ryan, received on July 17, 2012. (Doc. 18). 

On July 10, 2012, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Order the Arizona Department of

Corrections to furnish the address of Defendant A. Sanchez to Plaintiff. (Doc. 13) The Court

denied Plaintiff’s request on July 13, 2012, and instead ordered Plaintiff to discover by

subpoena or otherwise the service information for Defendant Sanchez. (Doc. 16) The Court

further ordered that the Clerk of Court send Plaintiff five subpoenas in blank to assist

Plaintiff in the discovery of Defendant Sanchez’s current address. Plaintiff has been granted

in forma pauperis status. (Doc. 7). Title 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) provides that officers of the

court shall issue and serve all process in in forma pauperis cases. However, in this case, the

subpoena returned by Plaintiff exceeded the scope of the Court’s order and sought discovery

unrelated to Defendant Sanchez’s address, such as, incident, disciplinary, and medical

reports. Therefore, the Court will quash the subpoena, doc. 18, received by Plaintiff and

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order Plaintiff to file a proper subpoena in accordance with the Court’s July 10, 2012 order

which only allows Plaintiff to seek information relating to the last known address of

Defendant Sanchez.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s subpoena received on July 17, 2012, doc. 18, is

QUASHED and shall not be served. 

Dated this 20th day of July, 2012. 

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