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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

CESARIO VIZCARRA MEDINA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CDCR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00764-ADA-EPG (PC)

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S COMPLETED 

FORM AO 88B 

(ECF No. 11)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND 

PLAINTIFF ONE COPY OF FORM AO 88B 

Cesario Medina (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on June 

22, 2022. (ECF No. 1). This case is proceeding on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment excessive force 

claim against Doe ISU Officers 1-3. (ECF Nos. 1, 6, 7, & 9).

On October 17, 2022, the Court issued a subpoena duces tecum so that Plaintiff could seek 

document(s) that identify the Doe ISU Officers. (ECF No. 10). The Court informed Plaintiff that

he should “identify with specificity the documents he is seeking and the person or entity he is 

seeking the documents from.” (ECF No. 10, p. 2). The Court also directed the Clerk of Court to 

send Plaintiff one copy of form AO 88B and one copy of form USM-285. (Id.). On November

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10, 2022, Plaintiff completed and returned the forms. (ECF No. 11).1 However, Plaintiff did not 

fill out the subpoena form correctly.2 Accordingly, the Court will require Plaintiff to fill out a 

corrected subpoena form.

On the subpoena form, despite the Court’s instruction, Plaintiff did not list any documents 

that he is seeking. The Court permitted Plaintiff to subpoena “documents that may assist him in 

identifying Doe ISU Officers 1-3.” (Id. at 2). Plaintiff should describe the documents he is 

seeking on the subpoena form. 

Additionally, in the place and date/time and sections of the subpoena, instead of listing the 

place and the date/time for the litigation coordinator to comply with the subpoena, Plaintiff 

appears to have listed the date, time, and place of the alleged excessive force incident. On the 

corrected form, Plaintiff should provide a reasonable time for the litigation coordinator to comply 

with the subpoena.

Finally, while Plaintiff states that the subpoena is being directed to a litigation coordinator, 

Plaintiff should specify the prison where the litigation coordinator works.

Accordingly, the Court will not direct the United States Marshal’s Service to serve the 

subpoena at this time. Instead, the Court will direct the Clerk to send Plaintiff another copy of 

form AO 88B, so that Plaintiff can complete this form correctly.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of Court is directed to send Plaintiff one copy of form AO 88B; and

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 On that same day, Plaintiff filed a notice confirming his address. (ECF No. 12). In the notice, Plaintiff

also alleges that “Corcoran prison” opened his legal mail outside his presence, and then sent it to another prison to 

delay his response. (Id. at 1). Plaintiff does not request any relief. Accordingly, the Court will take no further action 

on Plaintiff’s allegations. The Court also notes that “[m]ail from the courts, as contrasted to mail from a prisoner’s 

lawyer, is not legal mail.” Hayes v. Idaho Corr. Ctr., 849 F.3d 1204, 1211 (9th Cir. 2017) (citation and internal 

quotation marks omitted).

2 Plaintiff largely filled out form USM-285 correctly, and the Court is not requiring Plaintiff to fill out a 

corrected form. 

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2. Plaintiff has thirty days from the date of service of this order to complete and return 

form AO 88B.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 14, 2022 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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