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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 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Edward Harold Schad, Jr. and

Robert Glen Jones, Jr., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Janice K. Brewer, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-13-01962-PHX-ROS

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER

Plaintiffs Harold Schad, Jr., and Robert Glen Jones, Jr., have applied for a temporary

restraining order. (Doc. 6, 16). Based on the standard applicable to such requests, and the

evidence presented at the October 1, 2013 hearing, Plaintiffs have not carried their burden

of establishing they are likely to succeed on the merits or, alternatively, that there are serious

questions going to the merits. See Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127

(9th Cir. 2011). A more complete order will be issued no later than October 4, 2013.

Notwithstanding the denial of the temporary restraining order, Melvin Thomas will

still be required to inform the Court of the identity of the person who showed him a letter

allegedly threatening board members or the reasons the individual wishes to remain

anonymous. If possible, Mr. Thomas shall obtain a copy of the letter and provide it to the

parties. Defense counsel shall facilitate the filing of Mr. Thomas’ notice to the Court. If Mr.

Thomas would prefer not to provide this information to the parties, he shall hand-deliver

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notice containing the information above to the Clerk’s office in an envelope addressed to the

Court.

Finally, Defendants moved to quash two subpoenas. The motion will be granted and

the two existing subpoenas will be quashed. The Court notes that Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(d) prohibits a party from seeking discovery prior to the parties’ Rule 26(f)

conference, except when authorized by court order. If Mr. Thomas is able to provide

sufficient identifying information for Plaintiffs to issue a specific subpoena seeking that

letter, Plaintiffs have leave of Court to issue such a subpoena. 

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED the Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Doc. 6) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Defendants’ Oral Motion to Deny Motion for

Temporary Restraining Order (Doc. 19) is DENIED AS MOOT.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED no later than October 3, 2013, Melvin Thomas shall

file notice with the Court containing either a) the name of the individual who allowed him

to view the letter or b) the reasons the individual wishes to remain anonymous.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the Motion to Quash (Doc. 14) is GRANTED.

DATED this 1st day of October, 2013.

Roslyn O. Silver

 Senior United States District Judge

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