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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

DENISE SCHMIDT,

Plaintiff,

v.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, KEN TORRE,

THOMAS MADDOCK, LAUREL BRADY,

LOIS HAIGHT, and BARRY BASKIN,

Defendants.

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No. C 05-197 VRW (MEJ)

ORDER RE CONTRA COSTA

SUPERIOR COURT SUBPOENA

(DKT. #170)

The Court is in receipt of Plaintiff’s letter regarding a subpoena she served on the Contra

Costa Superior Court. (Dkt. #170.) In her letter, Plaintiff states that the superior court has refused

to comply with the subpoena request for documents and asks that the Court set a briefing and

hearing schedule for a motion to compel. Plaintiff states that the undersigned magistrate judge

previously ruled that the discovery cut-off date “would not be an obstacle” in seeking records past

the cut-off date set by the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, the presiding judge in this matter. Plaintiff

refers to a previous order denying her request to compel Defendant Ken Torre to produce documents

from the superior court. (Dkt. #127.) In that order, the Court ruled that Plaintiff had failed to show

that an individual defendant is required to obtain documents from the superior court, and that the

proper procedure for obtaining the records is to subpoena the documents directly from the court. 

However, the order did not grant Plaintiff permission to seek discovery past the cut-off date. As

such a request is a case management issue, Plaintiff must seek leave from Judge Walker. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s request is denied without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 29, 2010 _______________________________

Maria-Elena James 

Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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