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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 

JAMES KERN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JIM COOPER, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-0618 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a county prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed November 8, 2023, the court screened the complaint and found that 

plaintiff had stated claims for relief against Does 1-3. ECF No. 12. However, due to the 

impossibility of serving an unknown individual, plaintiff was ordered to seek information to 

identify the defendants so that service could be accomplished. ECF No. 14. He was further 

advised that he could seek judicial intervention if the required information was denied. Id. 

Plaintiff has now filed a notice in which he requests court assistance because when he attempted 

to obtain the information from the jail he was told a court order would be required. ECF No. 15. 

Attached to the notice is a response to a jail grievance stating that a subpoena would need to be 

submitted to obtain the requested information. Id. at 2. The notice will be construed as a motion 

for a subpoena form and for service of the subpoena by the United States Marshal and the motion 

will be granted. 

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 The Clerk of the Court will be directed to provide plaintiff with a subpoena form, which 

plaintiff will be required to complete. The subpoena should list the information plaintiff is 

attempting to obtain from the jail and must be limited to information regarding the identities of 

the defendants. Upon completion of the subpoena, plaintiff should return it to the court for 

service. If the information sought by the subpoena goes beyond that necessary to identify the 

defendants, it will be narrowed accordingly. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s notice regarding his attempts to identify the defendants (ECF No. 15) is 

construed as a motion for a subpoena form and for service by the United States Marshal and is 

GRANTED;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to provide plaintiff with a signed but otherwise 

blank Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of 

Premises in a Civil Action;

3. Within twenty-one days from the service of this order, plaintiff shall complete the 

attached Notice of Submission of Documents and submit it to the court with the completed 

subpoena.

DATED: November 29, 2023 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES KERN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JIM COOPER, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-0618 AC P 

 

NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF 

DOCUMENTS 

 Plaintiff submits the following document in compliance with the court’s order filed 

_____________________: 

 1 completed Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to 

Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action 

DATED: 

 ________________________________ 

 Plaintiff 

 

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