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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON MICHAEL SALINAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFFREY WANG, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-00157-JDP

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

DISCOVERY AS MOOT

ECF No. 14

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

SUBPOENA

ECF No. 18

Plaintiff moved for discovery on January 14, 2020. The court entered a discovery and

scheduling order on January 15, 2020. Thus, plaintiff’s motion for discovery is denied as moot. 

ECF No. 14.

Plaintiff also moved for a subpoena to conduct discovery on January 30, 2020. ECF No. 

18. However, plaintiff has failed to specify what documents he seeks to subpoena. The court will 

only consider granting a request for a subpoena if the documents sought are from a non-party, are 

not equally available to plaintiff, and are not obtainable from defendants through a request for 

production of documents. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 34. In any request for a subpoena, plaintiff must: 

(1) identify with specificity the documents sought and from whom; and (2) make a showing in the 

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request that the records are only obtainable through that third party. Therefore, plaintiff’s motion 

for a subpoena is denied. ECF No. 18.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 204.

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