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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBIN DASENBROOK,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. ENENMOH, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:11-cv-01884 DAD DLB PC

ORDER AND NOTICE AUTHORIZING

ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM

DIRECTING PRODUCTION OF 

DOCUMENTS BY C.S.AT.F. DIRECTOR OF 

NURSING

[ECF No. 161]

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO 

SERVE COPY OF SUBPOENA WITH 

ORDER

Plaintiff Robin Dasenbrook (“Plaintiff”) is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se and 

in forma pauperis in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on 

Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, filed September 8, 2015, against Defendants Enenmoh, 

Page, Perez and Adair on claims of negligence and deliberate indifference to a serious medical need 

in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

On February 23, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting the issuance of a subpoena duces 

tecum (“SDT”). On March 7, 2016, Defendants filed an opposition to Plaintiff’s motion. On March 

16, 2016, Plaintiff filed a reply.

Plaintiff requests the issuance of a SDT directed to the Director of Nursing at Corcoran 

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (“CSATF”) for the purpose of identifying Defendant Adair. 

Plaintiff notes that the U.S. Marshals Service has been unable to locate Defendant Adair for service 

of his summons and complaint. Plaintiff notes that the USM-285 was returned unexecuted on 

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November 19, 2015. Plaintiff has already requested a SDT for these same purposes, but the request 

was directed to Secretary Jeffrey Beard and it was denied as overly burdensome. Plaintiff brings this 

motion now in an attempt to narrow his request. In their opposition, Defendants reassert the same 

arguments made in the previous opposition. Defendants do not address the manner in which 

Plaintiff has narrowed his request.

Plaintiff has narrowed his request by directing the SDT to the Director of Nursing at the 

relevant institution instead of the Secretary of the entire CDCR. In addition, rather than seeking all 

documents in CDCR possession concerning any individuals named Adair, Plaintiff now requests that 

the CSATF Director of Nursing search for only those documents identifying female nurses named 

Adair who worked on “E” Yard medical clinic at CSATF from January 2, 2010, to present. Plaintiff 

specifically requests documentation listing the current working position and working address of 

female RNs/LVNs named Adair, in particular the RN/LVN identified by CSATF Litigation 

Coordinator Jason Barba as working at “E” Yard Medical Clinic on January 2, 2010, during third 

watch. Addressing Defendants’ privacy concerns over revealing sensitive information, Plaintiff 

requests that the documents discovered be submitted directly to the U.S. Marshals Service to 

ascertain Defendant Adair’s location.

The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s request for SDT and finds good cause for its issuance. See

Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 45(c)(3)(A); Moon v. SCP Pool Corp., 232 F.R.D. 633, 637 (C.D. Cal. 2005). 

Plaintiff has sufficiently narrowed his request so as not to be unduly burdensome. In addition, 

Plaintiff persuasively argues that without this discovery he will be unable to serve Defendant Adair. 

Therefore, the Court will issue an SDT directing the Director of Nursing at CSATF to produce 

documentation, if any exist, on file in his/her possession from January 2, 2010, to the present, 

reflecting the current working position and working address of any female RNs/LVNs named Adair 

who worked at “E” Yard Medical Clinic on January 2, 2010. The Director of Nursing will be 

directed to submit said documentation to the U.S. Marshals Service. By separate order, the U.S. 

Marshals Service will be directed to re-serve Defendant Adair utilizing the documentation obtained 

from the Director of Nursing, in coordination with the Legal Affairs Division at CSATF.

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ORDER

Accordingly, based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Court authorizes the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum directing the CSATF Director 

of Nursing to produce documentation on file in his/her possession listing the current working 

position and working address of female RNs/LVNs named Adair employed in the Medical Services 

Department of the CDCR between January 2, 2010, and the present, that worked at CSATF “E” 

Yard Medical Clinic on January 2, 2010, during third watch;

2. Pursuant to Rule 45(a)(4), the parties are placed on notice that the subpoena duces tecum will 

be issued after the passage of ten (10) days from the date of service of this order; and

3. The Clerk’s Office shall serve a copy of the subpoena with this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 4, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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