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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

EMIEL A. KANDI,

Plaintiff,

v.

MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING 

CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00794-AWI-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR CLERK’S OFFICE TO ISSUE SIGNED 

SUBPOENAS

(ECF No. 17)

Plaintiff Emiel A. Kandi (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1Plaintiff initiated this action on June 

8, 2016. (ECF No. 1.) On December 22, 2016, Plaintiff filed the instant motion with the Court, 

requesting the Clerk’s Office to send Plaintiff six signed subpoena forms so that Plaintiff may 

compel depositions by written questions. (ECF No. 17.)

Plaintiff’s request is premature. The Court has not yet screened the complaint, as required 

by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, nor has it been served on any of the named defendants. Discovery will 

commence following the service of Plaintiff’s complaint. The Court advises Plaintiff that it will 

screen his complaint in due course.

 

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Plaintiff’s complaint has not yet been screened, but the court takes judicial notice that Plaintiff has filed his 

complaint in part under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Generally, suits against federal officers for the violation of constitutional 

rights should be brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 

(1971).

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Accordingly, the Court HEREBY DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for the clerk’s office to 

issue signed subpoenas, as premature, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2017 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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